Delete contents of folder? Still a noob =/

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#1

I have a current script to create a folder if it doesn’t already exist.
I need to add a line to delete any files in said folder as well (if any already exist).

I have tried a couple times with examples from here and elsewhere, and I just keep screwing up the script completely, or having no change at all. Help please?

-- Create a hidden folder on the desktop.  If it already exists, delete current contents.
set theOutputFolderPath to path to desktop folder
set theNewFolderName to ".hidden"

tell application "Finder"
	if (exists folder (theOutputFolderPath & theNewFolderName as string)) = false then
		make new folder at desktop with properties {name:theNewFolderName}
	end if
end tell
#2

Maybe something like this…

set theOutputFolderPath to path to desktop folder
set theNewFolderName to ".hidden"

tell application "Finder"
	if (exists folder (theOutputFolderPath & theNewFolderName as string)) = false then
		try
			make new folder at desktop with properties {name:theNewFolderName}
		end try
	end if
end tell

do shell script "rm -fr ~/Desktop/.hidden/*"

Tom

#3

Thanks Tom. Seems to work great. Please see last post over here on it:
http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?pid=147558

#4

Correction. This doesn’t seem to work on invisible folders (folder names starting with “.”, for example “.hidden”)

#5

This will delete the .hidden folder on your desktop…

do shell script "rm -fr ~/Desktop/.hidden/"

Tom

#6

That’s an idea. The following seems to work with visible AND invisible “.”. I believe this step is solved. relevant portion (from larger script) shown below:

do shell script "rm -fr ~/Desktop/.hidden/"

set theOutputFolderPath to path to desktop folder
set theNewFolderName to ".hidden"

tell application "Finder"
	if (exists folder (theOutputFolderPath & theNewFolderName as string)) = false then
		make new folder at desktop with properties {name:theNewFolderName}
	end if
end tell