AppleScript/Automator Help
AppleScript/Automator Help
- Subject: AppleScript/Automator Help
- From: Jeffrey Talbot <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:59:10 -0500
Hey folks.
I'm looking for some assistance with an Applescript. This seem
relatively easy, but I'm not well versed in writing scripts, and even
though I've searched online, I haven't been abel to find what I need.
This script will be the building block of a much larger Automator
process, and that part seems pretty cut and dry for me.
Basically, I'm producing radio spots, putting them on a server, and
allowing stations to log in to download the spots when they are
ready. Each station has their own "home" folder, which has only spots
they are to air. There are lots of spots, there are lots of
stations and there will be lots of advertisers. Not all spots will go
to all stations not all advertisers will buy all stations, so it gets
complex pretty quick.
The building block I'm after is a script that when activated, can
look at the contents of a folder and:
1. If there are no new files, do nothing
2. If there are files that have been deleted, do nothing
3. if there are files that have been added, create an email to a
particular email address, add some boilerplate copy and include a
list of the "new" files.
I'm pretty sure I'd be able to duplicate and customize this script
for the different stations, changing the mail to address and the copy
as needed.
That's really it.
I"m assuming the script will have to have a text file to compare
contents with, and that text file can be stored in the same folder
the script is monitoring. It would be great if text file were
invisible, but that doesn't matter in the long run. I'm also
guessing one of the last steps will be the script will be to re-write
the text file with the current contents of the folder, so the next
time the script is run, it'll have a valid file list to compare for
the next pass.
With this building block, the plan is to customize them for lots of
different stations, then chain them together for a single advertiser
using Automator.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
JT
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