Re: finding new files in a folder
Re: finding new files in a folder
- Subject: Re: finding new files in a folder
- From: John Cochrane <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:44:40 +1100
On 17/03/2004, at 14:55, Richard 23 wrote:
Might I suggest:
tell application "Finder" to get a reference to -->
(files of folder scan_folder whose file type = "tiff")
set scan_folder_contents to result's name as list
-- script to perform the scan goes here, then
tell application "Finder" to get a reference to -->
(files of folder scan_folder whose file type = "tiff" -->
and name is not in scan_folder_contents)
set new_contents to result's name as list
All suggestions gratefully accepted. Thanks for the improvement.
I notice you use the "reference to" terminology.
Are there any general guidelines as to when it is most appropriate to
use one of the terms "alias", "file" and "reference to" in preference
to the other two.
John
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