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Invoking Mirror command through BBEdit Unix worksheet (9 posts)

• Started 10 years ago by Greg Raven
• Latest reply 10 years ago from Greg Raven

• Greg Raven Member

  The new versions of BBEdit feature "projects," one option of which is to upload (AKA "Deploy") the project files to your remove server when you're done editing. Unfortunately, doing this takes forever, and while BBEdit is "Deploying," you are locked out of doing anything else.

  I have set up a Mirror for one of my sites, and I was wondering if it's possible to invoke the Mirror command from the project Unix worksheet?

  If not, is there another way I can shell out the upload to Fetch so I can get back to using BBEdit right away?

  Thanks.

  Posted 10 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Hi,

  Yes, you could invoke the Mirror command from the UNIX worksheet.

  The first step is to create an AppleScript to do the mirror. The easiest way to do that is to open AppleScript Editor, click the Record button, and perform the mirror operation manually. AppleScript Editor should record something like:

  tell application "Fetch"
  activate
  mirror alias "Macintosh HD:Users:joeuser:myfolder:" to url "sftp://username:@example.com/path/to/folder/" format Automatic without delete strays
  end tell

  You can shorten that to a single line:

  tell application "Fetch" to mirror alias "Macintosh HD:Users:joeuser:myfolder:" to url "sftp://username:@example.com/path/to/folder/"

  You can run that script from your BBEdit UNIX worksheet using the osascript command. Note that you should put the script inside single quotes:

  osascript -e 'tell application "Fetch" to mirror alias "Macintosh HD:Users:joeuser:myfolder:" to url "sftp://username:@example.com/path/to/folder/"'

  Let me know if that doesn't work for you.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 10 years ago #

• Greg Raven Member

  Jim,

  Except for the fact that the AppleScript times out, it seems to work fine from within AppleScript itself. However, when I try running it from the Unix Worksheet in the shortened notation with the osascript -e prefix, it just sits there and stares at me.

  Posted 10 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  To deal with the timeout issue you want to wrap your AppleScript command in a "with timeout" block, such as:

  with timeout of 3600 seconds
  tell application "Fetch" to mirror alias "Macintosh HD:Users:joeuser:myfolder:" to url "sftp://username:@example.com/path/to/folder/"
  end timeout

  If you have an AppleScript that works, I would recommend saving it, and invoking it in BBEdit with a command like this:

  osascript /path/to/applescript

  rather than using -e, which is awkward with multi-line scripts.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 10 years ago #

• Greg Raven Member

  Jim,

  Got the time-out fixed, and exported the .SCPT to an .APP. Now I'm getting an error telling me the .APP file doesn't exist. The path looks correct, but the OS is rejecting it for some reason.

  Another oddity is that when invoked from the project worksheet, there is no error message ... it just doesn't run.

  Posted 10 years ago #

• Greg Raven Member

  This is the command in the worksheet:

  osascript iMac_HD:Users:greg:Sites:Atspace:mirror-atspace-gr.app

  Posted 10 years ago #

• Greg Raven Member

  Here we go:

  osascript ~/Sites/Atspace/mirror-atspace-gr.app

  Posted 10 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Does that last one work? I wouldn't save it as a .app; the osascript man page does not mention support for .app bundles. Instead, I'd pass osascript either the script text or a compiled script.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 10 years ago #

• Greg Raven Member

  It seems to be working, but I'll have to make some changes to the project code to verify it. If not, I'll resave. At least I have the path and syntax working now.

  Thanks for your help.

  Posted 10 years ago #