Quick Question - How to skip aliases when copying files in folder

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

We are trying to copy all of the files in one folder to another folder but we would like to skip copying any aliases that may be in the source folder. We would not be aware of their names ahead of time.

So far we have tried…

move (every item of folder “documents” of startup disk whose class is not alias) to folder “documents” of disk “backup drive”

and

move (every item of folder “documents” of startup disk whose kind is not alias) to folder “documents” of disk “backup drive”

But these two variants do try to copy the aliases.

Any suggestions?? Thanks in advance…:smiley:

#2

not on a Mac atm but try putting alias in quotes. eg “alias”

#3

Have you tried it like this?

move (every item of folder "documents" of startup disk whose kind is not "Alias") to folder "documents" of disk "backup drive"
#4

Yes, putting the “Alias” in quotes fixed everything. Thanks so much you all saved me tons of aggrivation…:smiley: