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Hello,
I try to use Automator for the first time . I thought to get a script easily enough to compress each file in a folder (91 files in 91 compressed archives). A prior, not something complicated, the name does not change (only the extension obviously ). But now,with Automator, i am unable to understand Someone would kindly explain the process?
Thank you very much!
you need to take look on forum basic is already present ,To begin to understand try this http://forums.techarena.in/guides-tutorials/1165278.htm
you can use Applescript to do that, and it would be easy to make a script that did this 3 times in 2 movements. As against, if you know there nothing you get time to use Automator effectively.
There is a script done everything if I remember correctly in the Developer / Examples / AppleScript Studio, and it should be called Archive Maker.Just compile it with Xcode and see there ...
I found a track easier for me, a detail does not yet, since this script all zip files and folder ... I detail it ...
automator level:
get the selected items
get the contents of files
I tried to filter elements according to the extension but the following does not blow ...
then execute a script applescript Next
either we reach a filter via the search for automator folder, or adding an instruction applescript to filter files and to limit the extension adds a check for only one type of zip file or two ....Quote:
on run (input, parameters)
- Create a PKZip archive of the selected Finder item (s)
- If no destination folder is specified, the archive will be placed in the same location
- Input: a list of Finder items to archive
- Output: a list of Finder items archived
set output to ()
SkippedItems set to () - this will be a list of skipped items
DestinationFolder set to missing value - a Finder path to a destination folder if different
repeat with SomeItem in the input - step through each item in the input
try
SomeItem set to SomeItem as text
if the last character of SomeItem is in {":", "/") then set SomeItem to text 1 through -2 of SomeItem
ArchiveSource set to POSIX path of SomeItem
if DestinationFolder is missing value then - save the archive to the same location
set to ArchiveSource & ArchiveName. "zip"
else - save the archive to the specified folder
TheName set to name of (info for SomeItem as alias)
ArchiveName set to (POSIX path of DestinationFolder) & & TheName. "zip"
end if
do shell script "ditto-ck" & (quoted form of ArchiveSource) & space & (quoted form of ArchiveName)
set the end of the output to (POSIX file ArchiveName) as alias - success
on error errorMessage number ErrorNumber
log errorMessage
set the end of SkippedItems to SomeItem
end try
end repeat
if SkippedItems is not () then - handle skipped items
TheCount set to (count SkippedItems) as text
display alert "Error with Archive action" message TheCount & "items (s) were skipped - workflow will continue"
(*
choose from list SkippedItems with title "Error with Archive action" with prompt "The following items were skipped:" with empty selection allowed
if result is false then error number -128 - user canceled
*)
end if
return the output - pass the result (s) to the next action
end run