1- copy a folder to a new location
2- look in the new folder for .mhl files (which are xml like files with md5 and other info that can verify the integrity of
the copy)
3- run a terminal cmd to verify those .mhl
4- Once everything<s done, sent an email notification saying that the copy folder is ready.
Now, I’m looking for a way to catch errors in the .mhl verification (step 3) so that if the terminal encounter an error, the email won’t be sen, instead, a notification email (which can be define in the script) will be sent to another person to tell him to check the copy.
here’s the script I’m having so far
set sourceFolder to POSIX path of (choose folder with prompt "Choose a folder to copy:")
set targetFolder to POSIX path of (choose folder with prompt "And where do you want it to go?")
set {TID, text item delimiters} to {text item delimiters, "/"}
set sourceFolderName to text item -2 of sourceFolder
set text item delimiters to TID
property defaultGroups : {"Family", "Friends"}
property defaultLabels : {}
-- Prompt for the group to use
tell application "Contacts" to set everyGroup to name of every group
if (count of everyGroup) is greater than 0 then
set theGroups to choose from list everyGroup with prompt ¬
"Send this message to which group?" default items defaultGroups with multiple selections allowed
end if
-- Prompt for message subject
set theResult to display dialog "What would you like the subject of the message to be?" default answer ""
set theSubject to text returned of theResult
-- Prompt for whether an attachment is desired. If so, prompt for the location of the file.
set theResult to display dialog "Would you like to attach some files to this message?" buttons {"Yes", "No"} default button 1
set wantsAttachment to button returned of theResult
if wantsAttachment is equal to "Yes" then
set theAttachment to choose file
end if
-- Prompt for message body
set theResult to display dialog "What would you like to say in the body of the message?" default answer ""
set theBody to text returned of theResult
-- Go through each account and constuct a list of possible addresses
-- to use as a return address for this message.
tell application "Mail"
set listOfSenders to {}
set everyAccount to every account
repeat with eachAccount in everyAccount
set everyEmailAddress to email addresses of eachAccount
if (everyEmailAddress is not equal to missing value) then
repeat with eachEmailAddress in everyEmailAddress
set listOfSenders to listOfSenders & {(full name of eachAccount & " <") as string}
end repeat
end if
end repeat
end tell
-- Prompt the user to select which account to send this message from.
set theResult to choose from list listOfSenders with prompt "Which account would you like to send this message from?" without multiple selections allowed
if theResult is not equal to false then
set theSender to item 1 of theResult
do shell script "/usr/bin/rsync -vautE " & quoted form of text 1 thru -2 of sourceFolder & space & quoted form of targetFolder
set theFiles to paragraphs of (do shell script "/usr/bin/find " & quoted form of (targetFolder & sourceFolderName) & " -type f -name '*.mhl'")
tell application "Terminal"
if not (exists window 1) then reopen
activate
end tell
repeat with aFile in theFiles
tell application "Terminal"
do script "mhl verify -f " & quoted form of aFile
delay 1
set frontWindow to window 1
repeat until busy of frontWindow is false
--sleep 1 (sorry, I find the script won't compile with this!)
end repeat
end tell
end repeat
tell application "Mail"
-- Properties can be specified in a record when creating the message or
-- afterwards by setting individual property values.
set newMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:theSubject, content:theBody & return & return}
tell newMessage
-- Default is false. Determines whether the compose window will
-- show on the screen or whether it will happen in the background./3693.
set visible to true
set sender to theSender
set theEmails to {}
tell application "Contacts"
repeat with aGroup in theGroups
repeat with aPerson in people of group aGroup
repeat with anEmail in emails of aPerson
if (label of anEmail is in defaultLabels) or defaultLabels is {} then
if theEmails does not contain the value of anEmail then
copy (value of anEmail) to end of theEmails
end if
end if
end repeat
end repeat
end repeat
end tell
repeat with anEmail in theEmails
make new to recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:anEmail}
end repeat
tell content
if (wantsAttachment is equal to "Yes") then
-- Position must be specified for attachments
make new attachment with properties {file name:theAttachment} at after the last paragraph
end if
end tell
end tell
-- Bring the new compose window to the foreground, in all its glory
activate
send newMessage
end tell
end if
I’m not getting any scripting errors per say. MHL files are files that contain the structure of the folder and MD% of all of the files that are in it. We’re using it to check if the copy integrity (no files missing or corrupted during copy). Once run in the terminal, if the check passes, nothing happen. But if the check fail, the terminal is showing the error
ex: Error: File does not exist: ‘/Users/fcengarle/Desktop/ZAP/Brown/ARRIRAW_FIles/A001R2BF/A001R2BF/A001C004_140528_R2BF.mov’
It’s those error that I want to catch. If a mho check fail, I want to be able to stop the script from sending the email saying that the copy is ready.
I did some more research and it seems that the MHL tool I’m using have lis of exit codes. I’m now trying to capture those exit code but I haven’t succeed yet. If I can find a way to capture the exit code to say ‘‘if the exit code is not equal to 0 (which is the code for success)’’ then set a new mail notification and stop the script. I guess that can do the trick.
Any hint on how to get exit codes from a terminal command?
AFAIK you can’t catch errors in Terminal.app unless you parse the contents.
In AppleScript environment without Terminal.app it’s very easy to trap the errors
try
do shell script "do something"
-- OK, result = 0
on error errorMessage number errorNumber
-- Failed, result != 0, error code in errorNumber, message in errorMessage
end try
Thanks for the reply. Sa basically, instead go having the "do script “mhl verify -f " & quoted form of aFile” command I should find a way to do it in a shell script?
You can send the output of a do shell script directly to your terminal window if that is what your want:
tell application "Terminal"
set term to tty of selected tab of window 1
end tell
do shell script "echo 'this must be send to stdout of terminal window' >" & term
or you can send the stdout to TextEdit using by using the open command:
do shell script "echo 'this must be send to TextEdit' | open -fe"
Some commands does need to run in a terminal window but the difference between Terminal.app’s shell script and AppleScript’s built-in do shell script is an interactive shell vs. a non-interactive shell. So when an command needs a terminal window you can execute an new instance of bash with the option -i to execute a script in an interactive shell as it runs like in the terminal.
this seems to be working just fine I did change the do script for this
try
do shell script "mhl verify -f " & quoted form of aFile
on error
set recipientErrorName to "WhiteHat"
set recipientErrorAddress to "frederico.cengarle@visionglobale.com"
set theErrorSubject to "error"
set theErrorContent to "error"
tell application "Mail"
##Create the message
set theErrorMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:theErrorSubject, content:theErrorContent, visible:true}
##Set a recipient
tell theErrorMessage
make new to recipient with properties {name:recipientErrorName, address:recipientErrorAddress}
##Send the Message
send
end tell
end tell
delay 1
set frontWindow to window 1
repeat until busy of frontWindow is false
--sleep 1 (sorry, I find the script won't compile with this!)
end repeat
end tell
end try
end repeat
and it seems to work perfectly :-). There,s is two more little question that I’m having.
1- As you can see on my original script, first we’re asking for the folder to be copy and then for the email notification info to be sent once the copy and MHL verification pass successfuly. But now that I have an ‘‘on error’’ command, I would like to send a different set of email notification if error occurs. Now, everything seem to work fine when I try it with a successful copy (only the ''successful email is sent, the ‘‘error email is disregard’’), but when I try with a folder that failed MHL verification, the ‘‘error email’’ is sent but also the ''successful one. Question is, is there a way I can prevent applescript to continue after hitting some error (in order to only send the error mail notification and not the successful one)?
2- Also, the ‘‘on error’’ is set to detect error during MHL verification Now, the MHL verification tool as a set of exit code for different errors, do you know of a way to grab the exit code and parse it in the Error mail notification content? So that when one received the mail notification, he could know what is the error?
I did change the do script for this