Re: Folder action to rename files
Re: Folder action to rename files
- Subject: Re: Folder action to rename files
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:21:39 -0400
On 8/25/05, pete boardman <email@hidden> wrote:
> Thanks! I don't really understand what's going on
Yvan's guess is that the Folder Action\ manager doesn't properly
understand the concept of renaming files. Imagine that you're in
charge of running the Folder Actions yourself: you have a Finder
window open on some folder while someone else is doing stuff to that
folder remotely When they drag a new file into the folder, it
magically appears in your window, and this is your cue to run the
Folder Action script on that new file. Then, that file magically
disappears, and in its place a different file appears - so you run the
Folder Action script on that new file. Unfortunately, it's not really
a new file, it's just the old file with a different name, but you
don't know that. So every time you trigger the Folder Action, the
file gets a date appended, which makes it look like a new file, which
triggers the Folder Action . . .
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Mark J. Reed <email@hidden>
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