Re: Renaming files in list in batch
Re: Renaming files in list in batch
- Subject: Re: Renaming files in list in batch
- From: Nathan Day <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 01:54:09 +0930
I'm doing a similar thing in an AppleScripts Studio project I'm working
on, and this is what I do within an tell block to finder
set theName to name of theItem
set theNewName to theName
set theCount to 2
repeat while item theNewName of aDestination exists
tell me to set theNewName to (newName by (space & theCount)
onto theName)
set theCount to theCount + 1
end repeat
move theItem to aDestination without replacing
I also move the file first to a temp folder then rename it and then move
it to the destination this is so you don't run into problems with trying
to rename the file to a name that matches a file in the source folder.
You can get a temp location with.
set theTempFoler to path to temporary items
anything in there gets deleted eventually.
On Friday, August 23, 2002, at 12:29 AM, Helen Muller wrote:
Hello,
Can someone help me. please? I am writing a script which moves just the
files (in a list in batch) I want to from one folder to another. That
part
goes right. But now I want to change the filename if that filename
already
exists in the other folder. The user sends the file to Folder A,
applescript
moves the file from Folder A to Folder B. For example;
In folder A I have
test1.ps (is deleted after moving it to folder B)
In folder B I have
test1.ps
If the user sends another file named test1.ps I want Applescript to
rename
it automatically to test1_1.ps. Because of my workflow I create the
following situation:
In folder A I have
In folder B I have
test1.ps
test1_1.ps
That part I still can handle. But if the user sends another file named
test1.ps I get an message; filename already excists. Overwrite file
(Yes/No). I don't want the message I want the file to rename
automatically
if the system notices that a file with the same name allready excists.
For
example;
test1_1.ps, test1_2.ps, test1_3.ps, et cetera.
Best Regards,
Helen Muller
PeereboomKoggeschip
The Netherlands
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