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Re: AppleScript/Automator Help
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Re: AppleScript/Automator Help


  • Subject: Re: AppleScript/Automator Help
  • From: Laine Lee <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:25:56 -0500
  • Thread-topic: AppleScript/Automator Help

On 8/24/07 9:59 AM, "Jeffrey Talbot" <email@hidden> wrote:

>
> 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.

You might be able to use a folder action to write and/or append to a simple
info file somewhere when the new files appear. Then an on demand script
might be able to see if there's new information in that file, and if there
is, use Jean-Baptiste LE STANG's XMail to mail the information it contains.

--
Laine Lee


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