Re: Folder Action Script question
Re: Folder Action Script question
- Subject: Re: Folder Action Script question
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:59:25 -0600
On 1/23/05 11:40 AM, "Doug McNutt" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> Is there a folder action script [standard on os x] that will launch a
>>> file upon a Volume mount ?
>>
>> None that I know of but probably wouldn't be too hard to write one.
>
> If I use a mount_afp CLI command to mount a disk running on an SE/30 (A script
> does that every time I log in to my OS neXt box.) can I expect a high level
> event that will run an AppleScript through the folder action process?
>
> Moving a file into a folder with a mv command does not seem to involve such
> things.
>
> Are folder actions actually triggered when a hidden folder is the target? Or
> do they happen only when the Finder does the work?
Just attach the folder action to /Volumes, and it should run on mount. I did
some work with Virex 7.2 and this method.
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