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Re: Copying folder structures
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Re: Copying folder structures


  • Subject: Re: Copying folder structures
  • From: Kurt Klamp <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:49:13 +0100

Great Skeeve,

i just wanted to post my solution. its nearly the same, but yours is even shorter,

<---

set dest to file ("destinationpath")
set src to file ("sourcepath")

clone_folders(src, dest)


on folders_of_folder(startfolder) set namelist to {} set folderlist to {} tell application "Finder" set folderlist to every folder of folder startfolder set namelist to name of every folder of folder startfolder end tell return {namelist, folderlist} end folders_of_folder

on clone_folders(sourceFolder, destFolder)
try
set {_names, _folders} to folders_of_folder(sourceFolder)
if (count _names) > 0 then
repeat with i from 1 to (count _names)
tell application "Finder"
set f to make new folder at destFolder with properties {name:get item i of _names}
-- do some additional stuff at the newly created folder
end tell
-- log {((get item i of _folders) as string), (f as string)}
clone_folders(file (get item i of _folders as string), file (f as string))
end repeat
end if
on error s number n
log ("Error in clone_folders: " & s & return & "Number: " & n)
end try
end clone_folders


--->

Kurt

Am 23.12.2007 um 01:33 schrieb Skeeve:

Kurt Klamp wrote:
Originally i was looking for a plain AS solution because i'm not familiar with the shell script thingies at all.
So here we go:

on run
set s_folder to alias "Your:Original:Folder:"
set t_folder to alias "Your:Target:Folder:" -- MUST exist! & SHOULD be empty
clone(s_folder, t_folder)
end run


to clone(s_folder, t_folder)
tell application "Finder"
set o_folders to folders of s_folder
repeat with o_folder in o_folders
set nme to name of o_folder
my clone(o_folder, make new folder at t_folder with properties {name:nme})
end repeat
end tell
end clone

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 >Re: Copying folder structures (From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Copying folder structures (From: Kurt Klamp <email@hidden>)
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