I am a scripting Noob.
We output PDF files with the naming convention 123456_layout.pdf.
We want to have these files go into a hot folder which will then move them to a subfolder of a corresponding job folder.
Job folders are named 123456.customer. Subfolders will always be named the same within the customer folder.123456.customer/FLG/MetrixImpose
The hot folder will reside on a mounted server. The hot folder will be on the same volume as the customer job folders.
Hot folder = Maggie/TempJobs/Metrixhotfolder.
Customer job folders = Maggie/Tempjobs/123456.customer
I have searched around and found some similar scripts that seemed like they were close but did not work when I tried them. The file never moved.
If my memory is right, folder actions apply to local folders, not on ones stored on networks.
If I am right, you may use a local hot folder which will move the files where they must be on the network.
Yvan KOENIG running Yosemite 10.10.5 in French (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 16 septembre 2015 18:00:08
OK. So I create a local hot folder. How do I tell the hot folder to look for folders that begin with corresponding 6 digits on a mounted server.
In the folder “:Library:Scripts:Folder Action Scripts:” you will find several samples.
Here is one of them slightly edited
(*
convert - PostScript to PDF
This Folder Action handler is triggered whenever items are added to the attached folder.
The script convert files from PostScript format to PDF.
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# Slightly edited by Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, Fraznce) 2015/09/16
property done_foldername : "PDF Files"
property originals_foldername : "Original Files"
property newimage_extension : "pdf"
-- the list of file types which will be processed
-- eg: {"PICT", "JPEG", "TIFF", "GIFf"}
property type_list : {"EPSF"}
-- since file types are optional in Mac OS X,
-- check the name extension if there is no file type
-- NOTE: do not use periods (.) with the items in the name extensions list
-- eg: {"txt", "text", "jpg", "jpeg"}, NOT: {".txt", ".text", ".jpg", ".jpeg"}
property extension_list : {"eps", "ps"}
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
# step 1
# Move the added files in a subfolder so that the system will not assume that a new< file is added if we change a file name
tell application "Finder"
if not (exists folder done_foldername of this_folder) then
make new folder at this_folder with properties {name:done_foldername}
end if
set the results_folder to (folder done_foldername of this_folder) as alias
if not (exists folder originals_foldername of this_folder) then
make new folder at this_folder with properties {name:originals_foldername}
set current view of container window of this_folder to list view
end if
set the originals_folder to folder originals_foldername of this_folder
end tell # Finder
try
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in these_items
set this_item to item i of these_items
set the item_info to the info for this_item
if (alias of the item_info is false and the file type of the item_info is in the type_list) or (the name extension of the item_info is in the extension_list) then
tell application "Finder"
my resolve_conflicts(this_item, originals_folder, "")
set the new_name to my resolve_conflicts(this_item, results_folder, newimage_extension)
set the source_file to (move this_item to the originals_folder with replacing) as alias
end tell # Finder
process_item(source_file, new_name, results_folder)
end if
end repeat
on error error_message number error_number
if the error_number is not -128 then
tell application "SystemUIServer"
display dialog error_message buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1 giving up after 120
end tell
end if
end try
end adding folder items to
on resolve_conflicts(this_item, target_folder, new_extension)
-- NOTE that the variable this_item is a file reference in alias format
tell application "Finder"
set the file_name to the name of this_item
set file_extension to the name extension of this_item
if the file_extension is "" then
set the trimmed_name to the file_name
else
set the trimmed_name to text 1 thru -((length of file_extension) + 2) of the file_name
end if
if the new_extension is "" then
set target_name to file_name
set target_extension to file_extension
else
set target_extension to new_extension
set target_name to (the trimmed_name & "." & target_extension) as string
end if
if (exists document file target_name of target_folder) then
set the name_increment to 1
repeat
set the new_name to (the trimmed_name & "." & (name_increment as string) & "." & target_extension) as string
if not (exists document file new_name of the target_folder) then
-- rename to conflicting file
set the name of document file target_name of the target_folder to the new_name
exit repeat
else
set the name_increment to the name_increment + 1
end if
end repeat
end if
end tell # Finder
return the target_name
end resolve_conflicts
-- this sub-routine processes files
on process_item(source_file, new_name, results_folder)
-- FILE PROCESSING STATEMENTS GO HERE
try
set the source_item to the quoted form of the POSIX path of the source_file
-- the target path is the destination folder and the new file name
set the target_path to the quoted form of the POSIX path of (((results_folder as string) & new_name) as string)
with timeout of 900 seconds
do shell script ("pstopdf " & source_item & " -o " & target_path)
end timeout
on error error_message
tell application "SystemUIServer"
display dialog error_message buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1 giving up after 120
end tell
end try
end process_item
It receive the list of newly added files.
At very firs execution it create two folders in which it will move the received files and the edited ones if it must edit files.
Then it build unique names for resulting files so that they don’t replicate one already available in the original_folders.
I guess that this step will be useless for you.
Then, for each added file, it enter the handler named process_item tp do the required task.
With that you have a neat skeleton for your specific script.
Yvan KOENIG running Yosemite 10.10.5 in French (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 16 septembre 2015 21:36:12