Re: Getting file suffix
Re: Getting file suffix
- Subject: Re: Getting file suffix
- From: André Renault <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:38:12 -0400
You should ask the Finder for the file suffix.
tell app "Finder" to get the name extension of thisFile
On Sep 13, 2010, at 6:27 AM, LuKreme wrote:
> I have a folder action I'm working on where I am trying to get the suffix of a file name that has been dropped into the folder
>
> I have the following bit of code in the main routine:
>
> display dialog "Getting File Suffix"
> if this_item contains "." then
> set oldDelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters
> set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "."
> set item_suffix to text item -1 of this_item
> set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldDelims
> end if
> display dialog "Suffix is " & item_suffix
>
> I get the first dialog, but not the second, and the script appears to have stopped at this point as no further processing occurs.
>
> The only thing that I see in console.app is
>
> /System/Library/CoreServices/AppleScript Runner.app/Contents/MacOS/AppleScript Runner[95306] CPSGetFrontProcess(): This call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.
>
> Since it's in a folder action, I don't know of anyway to trace its events and replies in script editor.
>
> tempted to rewrite the whole thing as a bash script with a UserAgent...
>
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