Re: check if a folder exists
Re: check if a folder exists
- Subject: Re: check if a folder exists
- From: Jean-Baptiste Le Stang <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 08 May 2002 22:10:54 +0200
You can try ChackPath 1.0 by Serge Belleudy-d'Espinose
(www.macscripter.net, applemods section)
You will find a mod to check wether or not a path is real.
Jean-baptiste
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Newbie alert!
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Can anyone give me an example of an if -then -else
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statement that would check to see if a folder exists in
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the finder.
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If a folder exists I want the finder to simply open it else I
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want it to create it.
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this is the script I have so far:
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--set inital variables
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set people to {}
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set currentDate to current date
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set currentMonth to month of currentDate
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set currentDay to day of currentDate
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set dateFolder to currentDay & "_" & currentDay as
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string
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tell application "Finder"
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--get list of people getting email
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list folder (alias "DEC6:Master_Email_%0:")
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set people to people & result
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set mailOwner to choose from list people with prompt
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"This mail belongs to:"
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try
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set folderAddress to ("DEC6:Master_Email_%0:" &
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mailOwner & ":")
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make new folder at alias folderAddress with
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properties {name:dateFolder}
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set finalFolder to folderAddress & dateFolder
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open folder finalFolder
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on error errmsg number errNum
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display dialog "This days folder is already there"
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set alreadyThere to result of button
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end try
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end tell
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Thanks for the help. This list has been a great source
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of info.
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Mark Oglesby
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email@hidden
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