Re: copy finder items
Re: copy finder items
- Subject: Re: copy finder items
- From: Ben Waldie <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:37:13 -0400
Robert,
On Apr 22, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Robert Barr wrote:
The log says "copy finder items failed" "Cannot read directory
contents: /volumes/Barr Robert
I also put in a 10 second pause.
If I Mount the volume manually and run the copy to finder workflow
without the "get server" and "connect to server" steps it works just
fine.
Does Automator do something to the contents of the server directory
that mounting the server manually does not do?
Aha. I think I figured out the problem. I'm assuming that you're
using the "Get Specified Finder Items" action to get the files you
want to copy. If this is the case, then the issue is that the "Get
Specified Finder Items" action is being passed the mounted server
volume path as input. This is then being appended to the files you're
getting, and the workflow tries to copy them all to the output
folder. What you need to do is tell the "Get Specified Finder Items"
action to ignore its input. You can do this by selecting the action
in your workflow, and choosing "Action > Ignore Input" from the menu
bar. So, your workflow should then be set up as follows...
* Get Specified Servers
* Connect to Servers
* Get Specified Finder Items (set to ignore input)
* Copy Finder Items
Hope this helps.
-Ben
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