Ok, I’m trying to make a script that creates a Folder, a Sub Folder in that new folder, then copies files to the newly created Sub Folder. Here’s what I have:
tell application "Finder"
set main_folder to (make new folder at "Lexi:Users:tom:Documents:Clients:" with properties {name:clientName}) as alias
set fileDestination to (make new folder at main_folder with properties {name:projectName & " (" & projectDate & ")"})
move every file of folder "Lexi:Users:tom:Desktop:New Client" to folder fileDestination
end tell
The clientName, projectName and projectDate variables are all based on dialogs earlier in the script. Currently it creates the folder structure fine, but it won’t copy anything into it.
Also, how do I make it skip the creation of the clientName folder if its already present, but still go on and make a projectName subFolder if its different?
For example, if Acme is already my client with a project of Roadrunner Bomb. And I get a new project from them of Roadrunner Hammer, how do I let the script not error out, but only create the new Roadrunner Hammer folder and move the files to it?
Model: MacBook Pro 2.33GHz
AppleScript: 1.10.7
Browser: Safari 419.3
Operating System: Mac OS X (10.4)
fileDestination is already a folder specifier, so omit “folder”.
For creating multiple folders and check their existence I use a subroutine
set main_folder to make_new_folder(((path to documents folder as Unicode text) & "Clients:"), clientName)
set fileDestination to make_new_folder(main_folder, projectName & " (" & projectDate & ")")
tell application "Finder" to move every file of folder "New Client" to fileDestination -- the "root" folder of the Finder is the Desktop of the current user
on make_new_folder(theFolder, fName)
try
return ((theFolder as Unicode text) & fName) as alias
on error
tell application "Finder" to return (make new folder at theFolder with properties {name:fName}) as alias
end try
end make_new_folder
Right!
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