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newbie question on simple finder actions
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newbie question on simple finder actions


  • Subject: newbie question on simple finder actions
  • From: "Daniel E. Bunker" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 16:30:27 -0400

Hi All,

I want to automate some simple finder actions and am having trouble.

All I want to do is write a script that will, upon adding a file to a folder, make an alias to the file in the same folder, them move the original to another folder. I need a simple way to keep pdf's all in one place, while having sub-folders with aliases to pdf's on different subject matters. I want to add the script to several different folders.

the script I am working with is:

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
tell application "Finder"
make new alias to these_items
move these_items to folder "Macintosh HD:Users:ecolabg4:Documents:journal articles:raw refs:"
end tell
end adding folder items to

But, it make the alias on the desktop (I have yet to get it to make it in this_folder), and the move does not work.

Can anyone help??

Sorry for the newbie question.

Thanks, Dan
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Daniel E. Bunker
Program in Ecology and Evolution
Department of Biological Sciences
A234 Langley Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
412-624-5497 office
412-624-4759 fax
email@hidden

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Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology
13142 Hartstown Road
Linesville, PA 16424
814-683-5813
814-683-2302 fax
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