Re: Check to see if folder contains items?
Re: Check to see if folder contains items?
- Subject: Re: Check to see if folder contains items?
- From: Christopher Nebel <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:10:24 -0700
On Apr 14, 2005, at 10:25 AM, Andrew Oliver wrote:
On 4/14/05 10:14 AM, "Neil Lee" <email@hidden> wrote:
This is a total newbie question, but I haven't been able to figure
out
or Google my way to a solution.
I want to check to see if a particular folder contains items, and if
so, move those items to a different location. ...
... Who cares? Use error trapping:
tell application "Finder"
try
move every file of folder "path:to:folder:" to folder
"path:to:dest:"
on error
-- there was an error, presumably no files to copy
end try
end tell
The second approach relies on AppleScript's ability to catch errors
in a
try/end try block, so that the move command fails, but it doesn't
stop your
script from running.
In fact, you don't even need the "try" block, because the command
doesn't fail, at least not for that reason -- it's not considered an
error for "every" to resolve to no items. (Yes, this is documented
in TN2106.)
--Chris Nebel
AppleScript Engineering
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