Please help !

[ianb]

Hi everyone

As you can see from my script, I am creating a folder with the current date and then copying a folder to it.

I cannot get the script to create the folder within another folder, I have tried various things but none of them appear to work.

Here is the script -

tell application “Finder”
set the_date to current date
set the_year to year of the_date
set the_month to month of the_date
set the_day to day of the_date
set folder_name to “” & the_month & “-” & the_day & “-” & the_year
set destFolder to make new folder at disk “My Disk” with properties {name:folder_name}
duplicate folder “My Folder” of desktop to destFolder
end tell

Thanks for any help

Ian.

[kel]

Hi,

Your script works for me and I cannot think of why it wouldn’t work for you. I created a folder at the desktop named “My folder”. Then I made a disk image at desktop (this doesn’t matter). I mounted the image file (whose name is “My Disk”). Ran your script and it created the folder within the disk image and also the folder “My Folder” Within theat folder. . The only thing I can thiknk might go wrong is the names.

Sorry couldn’t be of more help. At least you know that your script works.

gl,

[jonn8]

I’m not quite sure what you’re looking to do but perhaps this code will help:

–Open this script in a new Script Editor window.

set the_date to current date
set the_year to year of the_date
set the_month to month of the_date
set the_day to day of the_date
set folder_name to “” & the_month & “-” & the_day & “-” & the_year
set desktop_path to ((path to desktop) as string)
tell application “Finder”
try
set base_folder to ((desktop_path & folder_name & “:”) as alias) as string
on error
set base_folder to (make new folder at folder desktop_path with properties {name:folder_name}) as string
end try
repeat with i from 1 to 5
try
get (base_folder & folder_name & “-” & i & “:”) as alias
on error
make new folder at folder base_folder with properties {namefolder_name & “-” & i)}
end try
end repeat
end tell

Jon

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[ianb]

Thank you both for your replies…

I don’t think I made myself clear, the script works for me BUT…

I want the folder (with current date) to be created inside a sub folder and not on the top level of my disk and I can’t seem to get the syntax right :?

The copying of the dektop folder is no problem at all.

Thanks for your help

Ian.

[jonn8]

That’s what I thought which is why I provided code which demonstrates making folders inside of other folders (testing for their existence first).

Jon

[ianb]

Thanks ever so much Jon

Cheers

Ian.