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Re: Copying files via applescript
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Re: Copying files via applescript


  • Subject: Re: Copying files via applescript
  • From: email@hidden
  • Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 19:30:50 -0400

I am trying to make an applescript to copy all the files in a folder to a USB memory card. and if the file already exists on the card to keep which ever version is most current.
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but how do i get it to keep the most recent?

01. None of the provided code checks the version of the LEXAR_MEDIA based files to the hard disk drive based files. I am therefore assuming that you are assuming, that the files in the hard disk drive's 'labs' folder are the most current and you just want to copy them onto the LEXAR_MEDIA RAM card.

02. A modified version of your code is shown below:

tell application "Finder" -- Needed for the 'duplicate' Function.
set labsFolder to (((path to home folder from user domain) as string) & "Documents:JavaProgs:labs:")
set destFolder to "LEXAR_MEDIA:JavaProgs:"
duplicate (folder labsFolder) to (folder destFolder) with replacing
end tell

one other question this script runs fine but if i change both "labs" to "assignments" it opens up the little copying window, copies the files, but then says there was an error. and when i look at the memory card nothing was copied. any idea wutz happenin?

I do not know about the 'error' you received; but, based on your code - the 'assignments' folder is being saved in the 'LEXAR_MEDIA:JavaProgs:labs' Folder; not in the 'LEXAR_MEDIA:JavaProgs' Folder - which presently contains the 'labs' Folder.

P.S.
I have a SONY RAM card and tested the above modified code. It worked as expected.

[ System: dual 500 MHZ G4 PPC PM, 1 GB RAM, 360 GB storage; MacOS X 10.3.4; Script Editor 2.0; Sony 256 MB RAM card ]
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SJWL
No Intel / Intel clone PC's were harmed in the creation of this reply.
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