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Re: duplicating files and adding today's date
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Re: duplicating files and adding today's date


  • Subject: Re: duplicating files and adding today's date
  • From: Douglas Berg <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:43:37 -0800

For renaming the file to the days date, I use:

set the name of file "pathname:here" of disk "disk" to the date
string of (current date)

Others have posted suggestions for the copying, etc.

doug

>i have a FM Pro database that i want to make a backup applescript that is
>open all of the time and will:
>
>1 - temporarily close the open database at midnight every night.
>2 - duplicate and copy it to a set folder.
>3 - rename the document to the date of that day.
>4 - open the database back up in FM Pro.
>
>if anyone knows how to make the script occur at a given hour
>and to have the file renamed with the current date, that would
>be most helpful...
>
>thanks,
>chris
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 >duplicating files and adding today's date (From: Chris Chattom <email@hidden>)

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