Ever since I started saving my script as “scptd” documents for Leopard, I’ve been getting this error in Script Debugger and it’s driving me crazy:
From my Google searches, sounds like a delimiter issues (colons versus slashes) but this script has run fine until now!
Script does have some do shell code that chrys helped me out with back in Tiger.
Here’s the code:
--
--Transfer Folder Marker & Cleaner
--by Kevin Quosig, 2007
--
--Marks and deletes old files in the Diamond Design Transfer File folder.
--
--
-- DECLARE PROPERTIES
--
-- debugging/logging on?
property g_debug : true
--basic file path and names
property g_home_folder_path : path to home folder
property g_log_file_name : "LOG--Overnight Automation.txt"
property g_transfer_files_location : "<server folder location>"
--Mac OS names to be ignored
property g_exclusions_macosx : {"Temporary Items", "Trash", ".DS_Store", "TheFindByContentFolder", "TheVolumeSettingsFolder", "Icon
"}
--folder names not to be scanned
property g_exclusions_folders : g_exclusions_macosx & {<list goes here, removed for privacy>}
--folder names of users whose contents should never be deleted automatically
property g_exclusions_users : g_exclusions_macosx & {<list goes here, removed for privacy>}
--file marking threshold
property g_mark_days : 7 --files older than this number of days will be marked
set g_mark_date to ((current date) - (g_mark_days * days))
--file deletion threshold
property g_delete_days : 14 --files older than this number of days will be deleted
set g_delete_date to ((current date) - (g_delete_days * days))
--transfer folder size for additional reminders
property g_threshold_size : 300 as integer --size in megabytes
--
-- UTILITY HANDLERS
--
--Log Entry Generation
--
-- with help from StephanK of MacScripter
-- http://bbs.applescript.net/viewtopic.php?pid=76607#p76607
--
on logMe(log_string, indent_level)
if g_debug is true then --allows turning the debugger on and off so my logMe's can be left in final version
set log_target to ("Data: Automation:Logs:" & g_log_file_name) as text
try
set log_file_ref to open for access file log_target with write permission
repeat indent_level times
write tab to log_file_ref starting at eof
end repeat
write ((log_string as text) & return) to log_file_ref starting at eof
close access log_file_ref
return true
on error
try
close access file log_target
end try
return false
end try
end if
end logMe
-- Date stamp generator
--
-- with help from StefanK of MacScripter
-- http://bbs.applescript.net/viewtopic.php?id=20420
--
on dateStamp()
-- Load date components from system
tell (current date)
set dayStamp to day
set monthStamp to (its month as integer)
set yearStamp to year
end tell
--coerce components to two-digit form
set dayStamp to (text -2 thru -1 of ("0" & dayStamp as string))
set monthStamp to (text -2 thru -1 of ("0" & monthStamp as string))
set yearStamp to (text 3 thru 4 of (yearStamp as string))
--Assemble datestamp
return yearStamp & monthStamp & dayStamp as text
end dateStamp
-- Get a file/folder list of all items at a certain level inside a given folder
--
-- with help from chrys of MacScripter
-- http://bbs.applescript.net/viewtopic.php?pid=91191#p91191
--
on listGetter(folder_to_scan, scan_level, folder_exceptions)
--exceptions formatted for shell find
copy folder_exceptions to folder_exceptions
repeat with fe_ref in folder_exceptions
set contents of fe_ref to quoted form of contents of fe_ref
end repeat
set ASTID to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to " -or -name "
set exclude_code to text 6 thru -1 of ("" & ({""} & folder_exceptions))
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ASTID
--do shell find with exceptions
do shell script "/usr/bin/find " & (quoted form of POSIX path of folder_to_scan) & " ! \\( \\( " & exclude_code & " \\) -prune \\) -maxdepth " & scan_level & " -mindepth " & scan_level & " -print0 ; true" without altering line endings
set find0 to result
set {ASTID, text item delimiters} to {text item delimiters, {ASCII character 0}}
try
set POSIX_pathnames to text items 1 through -2 of find0 -- Drop the last text item because it is always empty (find -print0 always prints a trailing null).
set text item delimiters to ASTID
on error m number n from o partial result r to t
set text item delimiters to ASTID
error m number n from o partial result r to t
end try
script speedHack
property Mac_pathnames : {}
end script
repeat with P_pn in POSIX_pathnames
set end of speedHack's Mac_pathnames to (POSIX file (contents of P_pn)) as Unicode text
end repeat
speedHack's Mac_pathnames
end listGetter
--get user folders that aren't empty
--
on nonEmptyFolders(directory_to_filter)
set filtered_folder_list to {}
repeat with e from 1 to (number of items in directory_to_filter)
tell application "Finder"
set folder_to_check to (item e of directory_to_filter)
set item_contents to (number of items in folder folder_to_check)
if number of items in folder folder_to_check > 0 then
set filtered_folder_list to filtered_folder_list & folder_to_check
end if
end tell
end repeat
return filtered_folder_list
end nonEmptyFolders
--
-- MAIN SCRIPT
--
my logMe("Transfer Folder Cleaner and Logger Begin--" & (current date), 1)
--COLLECT DATA
--get transfer folder categories (include empties)
set category_folders to {}
set category_folders to listGetter(g_transfer_files_location, 1, g_exclusions_folders)
--get user folders (include empties)
set user_folders to {}
repeat with j from 1 to (number of items in category_folders)
set user_folders to user_folders & listGetter(item j of category_folders, 1, g_exclusions_users)
end repeat
--get user folders that aren't empty
set user_folders_filtered to {}
set user_folders_filtered to nonEmptyFolders(user_folders)
--get user folder contents (skip empties)
set user_folders_filtered_contents to {}
repeat with k from 1 to (number of items in user_folders_filtered)
set user_folders_filtered_contents to user_folders_filtered_contents & listGetter(item k of user_folders_filtered, 1, g_exclusions_macosx)
end repeat
--filter for files older than mark date
set files_to_mark to {}
repeat with m from 1 to (number of items in user_folders_filtered_contents)
tell application "Finder"
if (modification date of (item m of user_folders_filtered_contents as alias)) < g_mark_date then
set files_to_mark to files_to_mark & item m of user_folders_filtered_contents
end if
end tell
end repeat
--filter for files older than delete date
set files_to_delete to {}
repeat with d from 1 to (number of items in user_folders_filtered_contents)
tell application "Finder"
if (modification date of (item d of user_folders_filtered_contents as alias)) < g_delete_date then
set files_to_delete to files_to_delete & item d of user_folders_filtered_contents
end if
end tell
end repeat
--MARK OLD FILES
repeat with currently_coloring in files_to_mark
tell application "Finder"
set label index of (currently_coloring as alias) to "2"
end tell
end repeat
my logMe("Items over " & g_mark_days & " days: " & (number of items in files_to_mark), 2)
--DELETE OLDEST FILES
(*
repeat with currently_deleting in files_to_delete
tell application "Finder"
delete file (currently_deleting as alias)
end tell
end repeat
*)
--get user folders that aren't empty (updated)
set user_folders_filtered to {}
set user_folders_filtered to nonEmptyFolders(user_folders)
my logMe("Transfer Folder Cleaner and Logger End--" & (current date), 1)
This script has been troublesome…under Tiger it hated foreign language characters for reasons no one here could discern. Leopard solved that problem, and it worked for a couple of days, now this. 
