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RE: move all files also with no extension via shell command
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  • Subject: RE: move all files also with no extension via shell command
  • From: "Jan-Bultereys" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 17:10:55 +0200
  • Thread-topic: move all files also with no extension via shell command

yes my script is running for more than a week already (with the mv command) and
for now I don't see any issues..... is this a thing that's going to bite me later?

> ----------
> From: 	Mark J. Reed
> Reply To: 	email@hidden
> Sent: 	Friday, May 6, 2005 17:05 PM
> To: 	Jan-Bultereys
> Cc: 	AppleScript Users
> Subject: 	Re: move all files also with no extension via shell command
>
> As long as you're moving files within the same filesystem, the mv command WILL preserve the resource fork.
>
> However, if you're moving across filesystems, mv winds up calling cp behind the scenes, so the resource fork is lost.  I think you need to use ditto --rsrc followed by a separate delete step.  Which you can combine in a script, of course.
>
>
>
> On 5/6/05, Jan-Bultereys <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> 	thanks all for the input.
>
> 	I have looked at the man pages from ditto but I can not find to delete the original files when files have been moved.
>
> 	what I want is to ---move--- the files to an other directory and as you all pointed "with" the .rsrc data.
>
> 	tell application "Finder"
> 	        set mylist to (every item of folder Source)
> 	        ------ Do some actions here -----
> 	        try
> 	                do shell script "ditto --rsrc " & Source & " " & destination & ""
> 	        on error
> 	                display dialog "does not work"
> 	        end try
> 	end tell
>
> 	Is there an additional option to delete the source files?
>
> 	best regards,jan
>
> 	> ----------
> 	> From:         applescript-users-bounces+jan.bultereys=email@hidden on behalf of Jake Pietrykowski
> 	> Sent:         Wednesday, May 4, 2005 21:56 PM
> 	> To:   AppleScript Users
> 	> Subject:      Re: move all files also with no extension via shell command
> 	>
> 	> Load the developer tools... (/Developer/Tools/CpMac)
> 	>
> 	> CpMac works well. I prefer ditto --rsrc. rsync also can do the trick.
> 	>
> 	>
> 	>
> 	> On 5/4/05 1:52 PM, "Courtney Schwartz" <email@hidden> wrote:
> 	>
> 	> > Yeah. I've been dealing with them in ditto instead of cp or mv.
> 	> >
> 	> > Did I hear something about resource-aware custom versions of cp and mv
> 	> > for Tiger, though?
> 	> >
> 	> >
> 	> > On May 4, 2005, at 2:26 PM, Marc Rubin wrote:
> 	> >
> 	> >>
> 	> >>> What is the shell command to move every file in a folder
> 	> >>
> 	> >> is anyone going to chime in about resource forks (.rsrc) and
> 	> >> issues with approaching the filesystem through a shell?
> 	> >>
> 	> >>
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