I am trying to do the following with a FolderAction and AppleScript:
Everytime I drop a file on a specific folder it should be renamed and then moved into another folder.
The problem is I get something like an infinite loop (I think) because when the file gets renamed the folder assumes that there is a new file in the folder and so on.
I really don't know how to avoid this and stop the endless loop. Here ist my script:
global newName
set newName to ""
on adding folder items to theAttachedFolder after receiving theNewItems
-- Get the name of the attached folder
tell application "Finder"
set theName to name of theAttachedFolder
-- Count the new items
set theCount to length of theNewItems
-- Display an alert indicating that the new items were received
activate
-- Loop through the newly detected items
repeat with anItem in theNewItems
set oldFileName to name of anItem
-- Rename the file
set the name of anItem to "NewFile" & oldFileName
-- Move the file to other folder
move anItem to "Macintosh HD:Users:blabla:blabla"
end repeat
end tell
tell application "Finder"
delete files of folder "Macintosh HD:Users:user:thisfolder
end tell
end adding folder items to
You are right, renaming the file triggers the folder action again.
The solution is to change the order: First move then rename.
-- Move the file to other folder
set movedItem to move anItem to "Macintosh HD:Users:blabla:blabla"
-- Rename the file
set the name of movedItem to "NewFile" & oldFileName
Related
I am looking for an edit to the current script. What I need is moving all the files from subfolders (recursively) in to one top folder, however if a file with the same name exist, create a new top-folder and continue there, this is what I have so far:
tell application "Finder"
try
set Random_name to random number from 100 to 9999
set theTopFolder to (choose folder)
set theFiles to a reference to every file of (entire contents of folder theTopFolder)
set theNewFolder to make new folder at theTopFolder with properties {name:"Flattened Files"}
move theFiles to theNewFolder
on error
set theNewFolder to make new folder at theTopFolder with properties {name:"Flattened Files" & Random_name}
move theFiles to theNewFolder
end try
end tell
Just to be clear the structure of the path is not:
Mainfolder/subfolder/file.xxx but Mainfolder/subfolder/sulbfolder2/subfolder3/....100/file.xxx so the script needs to work recursively which it does but it stops when a file exist with the same name
When a file with the same name exist my edit creates a new folder with Flattened Files+random number however when another file with the same name is moved the script stops for an error instead going ahead and creating a new Flattened Files+randonnumber folder. Any ideas?
Thank you
Your script isn't using recursion, it just lets the Finder get all the files. The additional error you are getting is because you are trying to move the whole list of files again.
One solution would be to step through the file items, testing for duplicates as you go, and make new folders as needed. The following script just moves duplicates to added folders (note that an error will still stop the script). I don't know how you are sorting the file list, so I included a line to uncomment to continue moving file items to the added folder.
set theTopFolder to (choose folder)
tell application "Finder"
set theNewFolder to make new folder at theTopFolder with properties {name:"Flattened Files"}
set theFiles to every file of (entire contents of folder theTopFolder) as alias list
repeat with aFile in theFiles
if file ((theNewFolder as text) & (name of aFile)) exists then -- use added folders for duplicates
set counter to 1
set done to false
repeat until done
set suffix to text -2 thru -1 of ("000000" & counter) -- leading zeros for sorting
set alternateFolder to (theTopFolder as text) & "Flattened Files" & space & suffix
tell me to (do shell script "mkdir -p " & quoted form of POSIX path of alternateFolder) -- make new folder as needed
if file (alternateFolder & ":" & (name of aFile)) exists then -- continue to next one
set counter to counter + 1
else
move aFile to folder alternateFolder
# set theNewFolder to folder alternateFolder -- uncomment to continue moving here after a duplicate
set done to true
end if
end repeat
else
move aFile to folder (theNewFolder as text)
end if
end repeat
end tell
Like my title asks how can I set a folder up to rename a new file to its name plus a sequential number. ie. Folder Name - Cats Palying New File Name - Fluffy.jpg. When I add Fluffy.jpg to the folder it would be renamed to Cats Playing000001.jpg next on would be "Cats Playing000002.jpg.
In my research, I found this answer but not sure how to change it to my application. Placing the following script into folder actions:
on adding folder items to the target_folder after receiving these_items
tell application "Finder"
set all_images to every item of the target_folder as list
repeat with i from 1 to the count of these_items --iterates through all the items you dropped in the folder
set this_image to item i of these_items --the current image
set the name of this_image to "image" & (i + the count of all_images) as string --renames the image based on the number of images already in the folder
end repeat
end tell
end adding folder items to
I have a folder in my google drive where .docx files are shared to continue editing them with Google docs. Google docs now creates documents with the extension .gdoc so that I now have every document twice, once called "test.docx" and "test.docx.gdoc". Now I want to automatically delete the .docx file as soon as the .docx.gdoc file with the same name is present.
I tried this one, but it does not delete the .docx files:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
tell application "Finder"
set docxFiles to every file of this_folder whose name extension is "docx"
repeat with aFile in docxFiles
set baseName to text 1 thru -6 of (get name of aFile)
set gdocFile to baseName & ".docx.gdoc"
if exists gdocFile then delete aFile
end repeat
end tell
end adding folder items to
In my testing I'm relatively sure that everything works up to the line
set gdocFile to baseName & ".docx.gdoc
The line that doesn't do anything seems to be
if exists gdocFile then delete aFile
Any Idea?
This cannot work because you're composing the .docx.gdoc filename without the full path
Try this
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
tell application "Finder"
set docxFiles to every file of this_folder whose name extension is "docx"
repeat with aFile in docxFiles
set gdocFile to (aFile as text) & ".gdoc"
if exists file gdocFile then delete aFile
end repeat
end tell
end adding folder items to
I would do it the other way round. Iterate thru the .docx.gdoc files and delete the corresponding docx files.
I actually have two questions.
How to exclude hidden files like .DS_STORE, Icon when I try to get files in folder ?
I've tried "without invisibles" but it seems not working.
How to set my var the_new_folder as an existing folder if already exists ?
Thanks for answers.
My code:
--
-- Get all files in a selected folder
-- For each file, create a folder with the same name and put the file in
--
tell application "Finder"
set the_path to choose folder with prompt "Choose your folder..."
my file_to_folder(the_path)
end tell
on file_to_folder(the_folder)
tell application "Finder"
-- HELP NEEDED HERE
-- HOW TO EXCLUDE HIDDEN FILES (Like Icon, .DS_STORE, etc)
set the_files to files of the_folder
repeat with the_file in the_files
-- Exclude folder in selection
if kind of the_file is not "Folder" then
set the_path to container of the_file
set the_file_ext to name extension of the_file
-- Remove extension of the file name
set the_file_name to name of the_file as string
set the_file_name to text 1 thru ((offset of the_file_ext in (the_file_name)) - 2) of the_file_name
-- Make the new folder with the file name
try
set the_new_folder to make new folder at the_path with properties {name:the_file_name}
on error
-- HELP NEEDED HERE
-- HOW TO SET the_new_folder AS THE EXISTING FOLDER
end try
-- Move the file in the new folder
move the_file to the_new_folder
end if
end repeat
end tell
end file_to_folder
tell application "Finder"
(display dialog ("It's done!") buttons {"Perfect!"})
end tell
Using the System Events context instead of Finder:
bypasses the problem with the AppleShowAllFiles preference[1]
is much faster in general.
Using the visible property of file / folder objects in the System Events context allows you to predictably determine either all items, including hidden ones (by default), or only the visible ones (with whose visible is true):
# Sample input path.
set the_path to POSIX path of (path to home folder)
tell application "System Events"
set allVisibleFiles to files of folder the_path whose visible is true
end tell
Simply omit whose visible is true to include hidden files too.
The code for either referencing a preexisting folder or creating it on demand is essentially the same as in the Finder context:
# Sample input path.
set the_path to POSIX path of (path to home folder)
# Sample subfolder name
set the_subfolder_name to "subfolder"
tell application "System Events"
if folder (the_path & the_subfolder_name) exists then
set subfolder to folder (the_path & the_subfolder_name)
else
set subfolder to make new folder at folder the_path ¬
with properties {name: the_subfolder_name}
end if
end tell
[1] In order to predictably exclude hidden items, a Finder-based solution is not only cumbersome but has massive side effects:
You need to determine the current state of the the AppleShowAllFiles preference (defaults read com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles),
then turn it off.
then kill Finder to make the change take effect (it restarts automatically) - this will be visually disruptive
then, after your code has run, restore it to its previous value.
then kill Finder again so that the restored value takes effect again.
I believe that your first question is not a problem. Your code works fine for me.
As for the second issue, the simplest method is to use the text representation of the_path, and simply build the new folder, and see if it already exists:
set the_path_Text to (the_path as text)
set try_Path to the_path_Text & the_file_name
if (folder try_Path) exists then
set the_new_folder to (folder try_Path)
else
set the_new_folder to make new folder at the_path with properties {name:the_file_name}
end if
If you are truly having difficulty with the first code section, please post a new question with more details, such as a copy of the Result section of the Script.
Thank you to all of you ! #mklement0 #craig-smith
You will find below the corrected code with your help!
If I share this code, you want to be cited for thanks?
--
-- Get all files in a selected folder
-- For each file, create a folder with the same name and put the file in
--
-- Get user folder
set the_path to choose folder with prompt "Choose your folder..."
my file_to_folder(the_path)
on file_to_folder(the_folder)
tell application "System Events"
-- Get all files without hidden
set the_files to files of the_folder whose visible is true
repeat with the_file in the_files
-- Remove extension of the file name
set the_file_ext to name extension of the_file
set the_file_name to name of the_file as string
set the_file_name to text 1 thru ((offset of the_file_ext in (the_file_name)) - 2) of the_file_name
-- Make a new folder or get the existing
set the_path to POSIX path of the_folder
if folder (the_path & the_file_name) exists then
set the_new_folder to folder (the_path & the_file_name)
else
set the_new_folder to make new folder at folder the_path with properties {name:the_file_name}
end if
-- Move the file to the new folder
move the_file to the_new_folder
end repeat
end tell
end file_to_folder
-- Ending dialog
display dialog ("It's done!") buttons {"Perfect!"}
In order to import .MOV files (h.264) to Final Cut Pro I need a correspoding .THM file with the same filename as the .MOV. Is it possible to do this with an AppleScript or Automator? Here is what I want to do:
Create a copy of a "TEMPLATE.THM" file that already exists on my HD
Rename the "TEMPLATE.THM" file using the .MOV filename
Do this to a folder of .MOV files to create a .THM file for every .MOV file both with the same filename.
G'day
This might not be the quickest way — but I see you're still waiting for an answer — so here's something to get you started. Select all your MOV files in the finder and run this in script editor.
set theTemplate to "Macintosh HD:Users:[user name]:[folder:location]:TEMPLATE.THM"
tell application "Finder"
set theFiles to selection
repeat with thisFile in theFiles
set thisName to name of thisFile
set theFolder to container of thisFile
set newFile to duplicate theTemplate to theFolder
set text item delimiters of AppleScript to "."
set thisName to text item 1 of thisName
set text item delimiters of AppleScript to ""
set newName to (thisName & ".THM")
set name of newFile to newName
end repeat
end tell
The easiest way to get the path to the template is to select it in the finder and run this :
tell application "Finder"
set theFile to selection as string
end tell
That will put the path in your results window — just copy it into the first line of the script above.
Hope that helps
m.