Re: Filtering Folders?
Re: Filtering Folders?
- Subject: Re: Filtering Folders?
- From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 16:22:07 -0500
- Organization: [very little]
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Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 09:26:34 -0800
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Subject: Filtering Folders?
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From: "Gregory Smith" <email@hidden>
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To: email@hidden
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Hello,
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Is there anyway to filter for folders in AS?
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I need to check modification dates on a server to archive jobs that are in
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excess of 'x' days without modifications.
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The problem I'm having is the server as part of it's nightly backup will
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change the modification dates to today's date on the main folders and nested
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folders within a job thus not allowing me to simply do a select all items
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and filter for modification date.
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In other words, I want to be able to set a variable with just the files
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within a folder and within any nested folders contained with the same
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ignoring all the folders.
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Can this be done with writing nested repeat blocks to drill down into
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folders?
Use the "the entries in" command from the Akua Sweets scripting addition:
set fldrList to the entries in (choose folder) [optn-L]
whose types are in {"fold"} to a depth of -1 as alias
NB: "[optn-L]" substitutes for the AppleScript continuation character
Marc K. Myers <email@hidden>
http://AppleScriptsToGo.com
4020 W.220th St.
Fairview Park, OH 44126
(440) 331-1074
[2/6/02 4:15:31 PM]
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