Re: Selecting Multiple Files
Re: Selecting Multiple Files
- Subject: Re: Selecting Multiple Files
- From: Dave Lyons <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 13:46:57 -0800
tell application "Finder"
copy the files of the source_Folder to the target_folder
end tell
Yes, this should work fine in Mac OS 8.5. (I don't have 8.5 running,
but I tried it on 9.2 just now.)
"The files of" is the same as "every file of" -- but make sure you
choose the word carefully, as saying "files" excludes folders. If
you really want the entire contents, then use "items" in place of
"files".
(Sidenote: It's also fruitful in Mac OS 8 or 9 to click "Record" in
Script Editor, and manually copy the files once in the Finder. This
will write the script for you, though you'll likely want to edit the
result, or just use it for inspiration.)
Cheers,
--Dave
On Nov 3, 2005, at 1:25 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
On Nov 3, 2005, at 2:15 PM, Jeff Grossman wrote:
I need to create an applescript for use on Mac OS 8.5 which will
select the
contents of a folder and copy those files to a folder on a remote
computer.
I can figure out the part about copying the files, but am having some
trouble with the selecting the contents of a folder part. The
file names in
the folder change each day, so I can't just hard code the file
names into
the script. How can I select the content of a folder where the
file names
change?
--routine for selecting the source folder goes here
--routine for selecting the target folder goes here
tell application "Finder"
copy the files of the source_Folder to the target_folder
end tell
Don't know whether "files of the source_folder" works on 8.5,
though; I don't recall when it was introduced.
-- Michelle
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