Re: Backup script
Re: Backup script
- Subject: Re: Backup script
- From: Neil Laubenthal <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:34:06 -0400
There's a preference pane named Do Something When (http://
www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23675) that . . .
amazingly enough, does something when a disk is inserted.
So . . . as long as your various memory sticks have different names;
then just write a script for each stick and use this pref pane to
execute the right script when the right memory stick is inserted.
On Apr 16, 2007, at 18:10, Peter Baxter wrote:
Hi AS people,
I have a script that backs-up my USB memory stick each time it is
inserted into my computer. It works as an attachment to the
Volumes folder. Unfortunately I have more than one memory stick as
I have one for each company I work with. I would like to change
the script so that it can copy the data from several sticks to
different folders on my backup hard drive. When I define the
script with a single property, it works, however, if I define more
than one memory stick, The script can only find those that are
connected and the script fails. I currently have multiple
individual scripts for each stick, but I would prefer to have the
script identify which stick has been inserted and back it up to the
right folder. Can you help me?
property backup_items : alias "USBKEYNAME:"
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
my trigger_backup()
end adding folder items to
on trigger_backup()
tell application "Finder"
set destination_foldername to folder "Path to my backup folder"
duplicate every file in backup_items to destination_foldername
with replacing
end tell
end trigger_backup
Peter Baxter
email@hidden
"Never ask a man what computer he uses. If it's a Mac, he'll tell
you. If it's not, why embarrass him?" --Tom Clancy
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