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Re: Opening the newest file in a folder
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Re: Opening the newest file in a folder


  • Subject: Re: Opening the newest file in a folder
  • From: has <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:02:54 +0000


On 14 Dec 2007, at 18:32, Doug McNutt wrote:

At 12:12 -0600 12/14/07, Craig Cope wrote:
I need to open any file most recently dropped into a folder so I can do some text manipulation on it.

The modification date of a file will not change just because it is moved into a different folder.


Sounds like a job for folder actions, either for processing the file as soon as it's dropped, or for writing the file's name to a hidden text file for later reference.

HTH

has
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