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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
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Greg Raven Member
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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 tellYou 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
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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.
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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 timeoutIf 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
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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.
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Greg Raven Member
This is the command in the worksheet:
osascript iMac_HD:Users:greg:Sites:Atspace:mirror-atspace-gr.app
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Greg Raven Member
Here we go:
osascript ~/Sites/Atspace/mirror-atspace-gr.app
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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
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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.
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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 #