Re: trouble with files and folders in Finder
Re: trouble with files and folders in Finder
- Subject: Re: trouble with files and folders in Finder
- From: Barry Wainwright via AppleScript-Users <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 10:59:36 +0000
Is the destination folder called “UG”, or “UG 2”?
At one point you are setting a variable UG to the text “UG 2” then later are
using “UG” as part of the destination string.
Best Regards,
Barry Wainwright
> On 17 Nov 2019, at 01:02, WalterStuartBushell via AppleScript-Users
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>
> I am trying to change some file names however everything I try fails.
> I checked and the folder is there
>
>
> tell application "Finder"
> log (path to music folder) as text
> set UG to "Ug 2:"
> set path2Folder to ((path to music folder)) & UG
> --set W to files of x
> set Y to “After Ewe:Users:walterbushell:Music:UG:” as folder — or as
> alias etcetera
> --set Y to files of folder path2Folder --as alias
> log Y
> end tell
>
>
>
>
> =========================
>
> error “Can’t make \"After Ewe:Users:walterbushell:Music:UG:\" into type
> folder." number -1700 from "After Ewe:Users:walterbushell:Music:UG:" to
> «class cfol»
> ============================================
> tell application "Finder"
> log (path to music folder) as text
> set UG to "Ug 2:"
> set path2Folder to ((path to music folder)) & UG
> --set W to files of x
> set Y to “After Ewe:Users:walterbushell:Music:UG:” as alias — or as
> alias etcetera
> --set Y to files of folder path2Folder --as alias
> log Y
> end tell
> =======================================
> error "File After Ewe:Users:walterbushell:Music:UG: wasn’t found." number -43
> from "After Ewe:Users:walterbushell:Music:UG:"
>
> —
> Sig intentionally left blank.
>
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