Fetch Softworks

Scripting Samples (4 posts)

• Started 20 years ago by MikeBro
• Latest reply 20 years ago from Jim Matthews

• MikeBro Member

  Deciphering AppleScript syntax from application dictionaries is often difficult for me and I only found a very small number of sample files that were provided with this program. They don’t pertain to what I am trying to accomplish.

  Is there some way to find more samples? 3rd party websites? I can't seem to find any on the internet. Do you know of any?

  Posted 20 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  One source on the Internet is the applescript-users mailing list that Apple runs. You can search the archives at http://www.lists.apple.com/search It's also a good place to ask AppleScript questions.

  When I'm trying to figure out AppleScript syntax my first step is to try to record a script (press the Record button in the Script Editor and then perform the steps manually in Fetch).

  I hope this helps,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks
  --
  p.s. Here's a sample script; it's actually the script I have run every day (by iDo Script Scheduler) to remove big and old files from the incoming directory at ftp.fetchsoftworks.com:

  set curDate to the current date
  tell application "Fetch 4.0.3"
  open url "ftp://fsw:@delsi.pair.com/%2fusr/public_ftp/fsw/incoming/"
  set allnames to name of every remote file
  repeat with aname in allnames
  set aname to (aname as string)
  if size of remote file aname > 1000000 or ¬
  modification date of remote file aname < curDate - 60 * days then
  delete remote file aname
  end if
  end repeat
  end tell

  Posted 20 years ago #

• MikeBro Member

  Jim:
  Thanks....Your extra sample helped. I'm trying to compare the modification date of remote files to the modification dates of files with the same names on a local machine. If the local files do not exist, or if there is a newer version on the remote site, the files are to be downloaded.

  Thanks again,
  Mike

  Posted 20 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Have you tried using the Mirror Folder command in the Remote menu (it can also be recorded into a script)? That's what it is supposed to do, and if it worked for you it would simplify your script tremendously.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 20 years ago #