Re: Confounded by Folder Action Script (10.5.6) - SOLVED
Re: Confounded by Folder Action Script (10.5.6) - SOLVED
- Subject: Re: Confounded by Folder Action Script (10.5.6) - SOLVED
- From: Christopher Nebel <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:39:05 -0700
As a general rule, folder action scripts should never create or rename
items in the watched folder -- that counts as a new added file, and
the script will trigger again. At best, this is a drain on
performance; at worst, it causes your script to spiral out of control.
--Chris Nebel
AppleScript Engineering
On Apr 24, 2009, at 8:06 AM, David Glass wrote:
Thanks for everybody's help on this (mostly off-list, which seems
odd)! It is now working as I hoped it would.
SOLUTION:
When creating new files in a Folder Action make sure the new files
are created in a folder other than the one the script is attached to.
On Apr 23, 2009, at 10:46 PM, Brian Christmas wrote:
I also found that multiple instances of the script could run at the
same time
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