RE: document list?
RE: document list?
- Subject: RE: document list?
- From: Phi Sanders <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:55:06 -0500
An example of the great cool-ness of Labels,
and why I dearly hope they survive in OS X...
~Phi
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Phi Sanders
"Phee, Phi, Pho, Phum..."
On 12/13/00, George Mack {email@hidden} said the following :
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>Message: 4
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>From: email@hidden
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>To: email@hidden
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>Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 10:47:27 -0800
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>>>>I've been given the task to write a Script that when executed will check
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>a given folder for files and ftp them to an ftp server.
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>>>>When it's run again I don't want to ftp any files that have already been
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>uploaded!
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>OK, assuming that you can't/don't want to delete the file or move it out of
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>the folder after uploading, I have a solution that works pretty reliably
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>and is not too complicated.
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>In the preferences folder create a new folder called "Uploading Aliases" or
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>something similar.
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>Each time you upload a file, create an alias to that file in the "Uploading
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>Aliases" folder.
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>Then, before you upload a file make sure there is not already an alias to
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>that file in the "Uploading Aliases" folder.
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>Finally, ad an idle handler that will remove any aliases from the
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>"Uploading Aliases" folder whose original has been deleted or moved.
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Another approach I've used is to change the color of the icon (tell
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app "Finder" to set label index of file TheFile to 3). Then you just
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have to have a filter in your process loop that ignores all files
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with that color icon, using a "whose" clause. No extra lists, no
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aliases, no back-up /synchronization issues. And you can choose to
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set the color only after a *successful* upload, if you have such
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issues with the ftp site. AND it gives a fast visual check on
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progress.
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George
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GEORGE MACK DESIGN Scituate, MA 02066 (781) 544-3880
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Design-Illustration-Desktop Publishing-Miscellaneous Magic
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