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Re: Finder: Delete files
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Re: Finder: Delete files


  • Subject: Re: Finder: Delete files
  • From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 02:34:06 -0700

On 6/25/01 12:37 AM, "Olivier Berquin" <email@hidden> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I would like to delete (in a folder) all the files that the date is not
> "today". I've this, but it not work fine:
>
> tell application "Finder"
> delete (every file of folder (choose folder) whose ,
> (modification date) < ((current date) - (1 * days))) -- 24 hours
> -- empty trash
> end tell
>
>

set midnight to date (date string of (current date))
tell application "Finder"
delete (every file of folder (choose folder) whose
(modification date) < midnight
-- empty trash
end tell



This won't work for subfolders or anything inside them, of course
--
Paul Berkowitz


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 >Finder: Delete files (From: Olivier Berquin <email@hidden>)

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