Hi,
I’d like to know if there’s a way to choose the last modified or created file in a folder. Something like this:
set myFolder to "path:to:folder"
set lastItem to the last item modified of myFolder
This obviously doesn’t work, but you get the idea.
MacOS9.2.2
Thanks.
set myFolder to "path:to:folder"
tell application "Finder"
try
set lastItem to first item of (sort files of folder myFolder by modification date)
on error
-- no files in the folder
end try
end tell
The result is a Finder reference, which you can coerce to string or to alias if you like.
Sorry. I didn’t allow for there being only one file in the folder.
set myFolder to "path:to:folder"
tell application "Finder"
try
set lastItem to first item of ((sort files of folder myFolder by modification date) as list)
on error
-- no files in the folder
end try
end tell