Re: Folderaction problem
Re: Folderaction problem
- Subject: Re: Folderaction problem
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:04:00 -0600
- Thread-topic: Folderaction problem
Title: Re: Folderaction problem
On 2/13/07 09:03, "Jan Bultereys" <email@hidden> wrote:
HI, I am using ‘folderaction’ with this example script...
When I drop 1 or 2 files it’s OK, but I am having problems when I drop 10 files in the folder...
The problem starts because the files are still in process of copying... How can I prevent this?
Copying files to this location will be an ongoing process, how can I run this folder action ONLY on files that have been copied completely?
Any input is much appreciated
I do like Yvan suggested and loop it. my standard clipping for this is:
on adding folder items to theFolder after receiving theAddedItems
tell application "Finder" to set theFolderName to name of theFolder
repeat with x in theAddedItems
set theFileInfo to info for x --get info for the downloading file(s)
set theBaseSize to size of theFileInfo --get initial size
delay 3 --wait 3 seconds
set theFileInfo to info for x --get info again
set theCompareSize to size of theFileInfo --get a newer size
repeat while theCompareSize ≠ theBaseSize --if they don't equal, loop until they do
set theBaseSize to theCompareSize --new base size
delay 3 --wait three seconds
set theFileInfo to info for x --get info
set theCompareSize to size of theFileInfo --get a newer size
end repeat --once the sizes match, the download is done
end repeat
--I put 'real' code here
end adding folder items to
it’s on a three second delay, which has worked well for me so far. Now, you’ll want to test this with a LOT of items and adjust if needed.
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