Just want the folder name. Impossible?

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#1

Okay, I’m newer to applescript.

I’ve been reading and playing and can’t seem to find how to just get the folder name.

Everything I try returns something like:

/Users/Me/Here/My Folder

What I want is simply: My Folder

Can this be done?

Here’s the example code (provided by someone else). It asks for a directory.


	tell application "Finder"
		choose folder with prompt "Where to Save Directory/File.."
		set input to result
		set input to POSIX path of input
	end tell

Thanks

#2

Try something like this:

choose folder
tell application "System Events" to set outputName to name of result

choose folder
set outputFolder to result
tell application "System Events" to set outputName to name of result
#3

Wow thanks!

I spent hours looking for that.

I’m editing this msg, because I just fixed my automator issue.

Now I just need to find out how to run a script for every subfolder in one directory. :smiley:

#4

you could also use:

tell application "Finder" to set outputName to name of result