Re: Searching for a folder in Applescript.
Re: Searching for a folder in Applescript.
- Subject: Re: Searching for a folder in Applescript.
- From: Michael Grant <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 22:36:05 -0500
On 9/4/03 11:33 AM, "Vic Piercy" <email@hidden> wrote:
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I need to write a script that will be placed in the Login items that runs
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every time a user logs in. It will create a folder with the current date in
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the users Home folder. I have the script ready but I cant figure out how to
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have it check for the folder in case of a reboot in the same day the script
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will say 3There is a folder by that name already please choose a new name2.
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In a nutshell, I need it to check for the folder first if it is there then
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the script will end. If it is not there then it will create a new folder
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with the current date. So each day when I log in it will automatically
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create a today's date folder in the Home folder.
I think this is roughly what you're looking for:
-- First write code to set variables:
-- myContainer to store the HFS path to your destination folder
-- (including the trailing colon)
-- myFolderName to store the new folder name based on today's date.
-- (Personally I prefer YYMMDD format because it sorts neatly.)
-- Then:
set myFolderPath to myContainer & myFolderName
tell application "Finder"
if (exists of item myFolderPath) then
return
else
make new folder at myContainer with properties {name:myFolderName}
end if
end tell
Michael
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