Save folder- and subfolder names to a text file

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
,
#1

How on earth can this be done?

From a dialog, I just want to choose a folder and get that folders name (or disk name) and its subfolder saved into a text file.

Good luck! :slight_smile:

#2

Check out the finder’s dictionary… you can get it to tell you the contents of folders as list and then you can dump the list to a text file. Or you could do shell script ls.

#3

Well…there are several items, classes and commands in the Finder dictionary but I believed it would be easier just asking the experts…

:wink:

#4

Your hunch serves you well… :wink:


set theFolder to choose folder
tell application "Finder" to set Subs to folders of theFolder
set SubsTextFormat to {}
repeat with thisfolder in Subs
	copy (thisfolder as string) & return to the end of SubsTextFormat
end repeat

set append_data to true
set the target_file to ((path to desktop as string) & "FolderData.txt") as string
set this_data to (("*Item:" & return & theFolder as string) & return & "*Contains sub-folders: " & return & SubsTextFormat as string) & "--------------------------" & return--Item is used to refer to disks or folders

set the open_target_file to ¬
	open for access file target_file with write permission
if append_data is false then ¬
	set eof of the open_target_file to 0
write this_data to the open_target_file starting at eof

close access the open_target_file
try
	close access file target_file
end try

That will put the text file on your desktop. You can change the name above @ “FolderData.txt”.
To keep a log going I set append_data to “true”, if you want the file overwritten then set this to “false”.
SC

#5

Thank you Sitcom

Hope you get paid in the after life :slight_smile: