Re: comments stripped out by MV or MVMAC shell script
Re: comments stripped out by MV or MVMAC shell script
- Subject: Re: comments stripped out by MV or MVMAC shell script
- From: "Gary (Lists)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 02:29:32 -0400
Doughtie, Dan wrote [4/24/05 10:54 PM]:
> Have an applescript with several shell scripts. One shell script successfully
> puts text into the comments field of the file.
>
> Then we've got a shell script that moves the file to another folder. We tried
> MV and MVMAC and it moves the file and handles the permisions but it strips
> out the Comments. Anyone know how to move a file and keep the Comments. We use
> the Comments to tell another system how to handle a the file. We can't use a
> Finder Move because we actually turn the Finder off for reasons too long to
> explain here.
Hey again, Dan. In addition to what Andrew said, I also quit the Finder
from time to time for some processing tasks.
How about writing the comments to a text file with your own kind of
separator (depending on what won't be in your comments):
/Files/Folder/Path/file.ext|Ready for proof
Or even XML, if you wanted to be fancy.
[Like a time-delayed, Folder Action-ish, automated processing instruction
sheet in a folder-level XML file. I guess they have that already.]
[XBOPI. XML Batch Object Processing Instruction.]
You'd better sync your XBOPIS, they'll say.
[ASFAPI, the AppleScript Folder Action Processing Instruction sheet is a
variant of the XBOPI 2.0 format designed specifically for the Mac OS.]
See how easy it is to make the Spec of the Week?
--
Gary
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