I am trying to build a Folder Action that would move an .eps file to another folder. The problem is, its not moving it. Here is what im working with so far:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
repeat with i from 1 to the count of these_items
set this_item to (item i of these_items as alias)
set item_info to info for this_item
set epsFolder to "Macintosh HD:Users:Joshb:Public:PDF:eps:" as alias
set epsDirectory to POSIX path of the epsFolder
set epsFolder2 to choose folder
if name extension of the item_info is "eps" then
display dialog "EPS File"
--move this_item to epsFolder with replacing
--move this_item to epsDirectory with replacing
--move this_item to epsFolder2 with replacing
end if
end repeat
end adding folder items to
As the code is right now, it will successfully show me the display dialog “EPS File”. If i comment that out, and uncomment any of the three move statements below it, nothing happens.
I have built a very simple script to duplicate and that works fine, so im sorta at a loss as to why this isnt working.
Thanks for any help!
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
repeat with this_item in these_items
set epsFolder to ((path to public folder) as string) & "PDF:eps:" as alias
if name extension of (info for this_item) is "eps" then move this_item to epsFolder with replacing
end repeat
end adding folder items to
Notes: these_items is a list of aliases so it’s no need to coerce the single items to an alias.
POSIX path doesn’t work in AppleScript, but you need it in the argument of the do shell script command
Edit: I’m amazed that this works without a Finder tell block
Move and duplicate are both verbs in Standard Additions, Stefan. Also the “set epsFolder…” statement doesn’t have to be inside the repeat - it can precede it.
Perfectly understandable – so am I; I usually try alias except when I know that something like choose folder or on adding items will deliver one anyway.
