Re: A simple script.
Re: A simple script.
- Subject: Re: A simple script.
- From: "Luis E. Hernandez" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 11:58:58 -0400
Thanks to Dave and Andrew (and to those about to mail).
Most enlightening comments. Wish my college teachers had been so thorough
and concise.
Truly,
Luis E. Hernandez
A R C H I T E C T
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Oliver" <email@hidden>
To: "Luis E. Hernandez" <email@hidden>; "AppleScript users list"
<email@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 12:09 AM
Subject: Re: A simple script.
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Therein lies the problem with recording scripts, especially in the
Finder -
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they're too literal.
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To answer your specific question, the script only deletes files because
line
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5 of the script says 'select files of folder...'.
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Change this line to 'select every item of folder...' and you'll achieve
what
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you want.
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However, a more direct, faster and less intrusive version of the script
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would be:
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tell application "Finder"
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delete every item of folder "To Print" of startup disk
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empty trash
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end tell
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This script will run and delete every item in the folder without having to
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a) open the folder, b) select the items, and c) close the folder window
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afterwards.
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Andrew
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:)
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On 10/10/03 8:43 PM, "Luis E. Hernandez" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> Hi, list.
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> I'm quite new to scripting, so I'd gratefully appreciate the input:
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> I wrote (recorded, rather) a little script that'll keep a folder clean
using
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> AppleScript v.1.1.3 (I'm running OS8.6 on a Mac8100/100) and saved it as
an
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> application. It goes thus, as copied and pasted from Script Editor (line
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> numbers were added here for reference in this post):
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> 1 tell application "Finder"
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> 2 activate
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> 3 select folder "To Print"
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> 4 open selection
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> 5 select files of folder "To Print" of startup disk
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> 6 delete selection
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> 7 empty trash
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> 8 close container window of folder "To Print" of startup disk
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> 9 end tell
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> Now someone on the network starts storing aliases, folders and what have
you
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> in this folder so the app will inevitably leave things other than files
in the
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> folder. My question is: how do you modify line 5 to get it to include
folders,
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> apps, aliases, etc. or just plainly any items for that matter?
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> Thanks!
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> Luis E. Hernandez
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