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automator issue - folder actions
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automator issue - folder actions


  • Subject: automator issue - folder actions
  • From: "email@hidden" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:57:52 -0700

I'm fooling with automator to do the following on 10.4.11

goal - when the main source folder1 is added to in the finder - then copy contents to another folder for backup

created automator workflow/ saved as app...

1 - get spec. finder items = selects the main folder1 that got updated
2 - create zip archive of that folder1 in a tmp folder on the same drive
3 - copy the zip archive to the Backup destination

then saved in automator as plug in for folder actions for the main source folder

- when I run the automator app - all works fine

** but when I add to the folder and folder action triggers automator app - it stops at step #2 - and can not make the zip

BTW: if I disable step 2 - it will get to step 3 and copy (non zip)


Q: how do I fix this?


Thanks, Dave email@hidden [db-10]

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