Re: Copy files with progress indicator
Re: Copy files with progress indicator
- Subject: Re: Copy files with progress indicator
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:39:50 -0700
- Thread-topic: Copy files with progress indicator
On 7/11/05 1:22 PM, "Rhon Fitzwater" <email@hidden> wrote:
> I want a progress indicator to display the status of the copying (how
> much is complete). One way I thought about doing this was getting
> the total number of files in the directory I am copying from and
> using it to create a percentage from the number of files that have
> been copied (increment each time a file is copied). But I am not
> positive on how to do this. Should I use the Finder to copy, shell
> command, etc. etc.
>
> Is there a way I can do this with a do shell script command ( cp /tmp/
> myfiles/* /Users/rfitz/myFiles/) and have a progress indicator.
>
> Having the progress indicator is a must, and it can not be
> indeterminate. I have a program the just uses the command above with
> a indeterminate progress indicator, but I want to improve on this.
>
> If anyone has any ideas, suggestions, sample code, etc. it would be
> appreciated.
AppleScript does not provide a progress indicator.
You need to either do it as an AppleScript Studio app, or with Smile (users
will need Smile too, but it's free), or FaceSpan, or get 24U Appearance Osax
(which users will need too).
--
Paul Berkowitz
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