On 03/19/2021, at 19:32, F. Alfredo Rego <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> In the end, MediaMouth's was the simplest, as a one-liner that abstracted
> Jean’s multi-liner:
>> tell application "Finder" to delete POSIX file
>> "/Volumes/ExternalVolume/Path/To/File"
> ...
> Footnote to answer Chris:
> ...
> My desired workflow is a work-around for an obvious Automator failing in
> "Copy Finder Items.
>
> "Copy Finder Items” watches a folder and, whenever a file is ADDED to the
> folder (see the red rectangle that I used to highlight this spec), it copies
> the file to a destination folder (with the option to replace existing items).
>
> <ps 2021-03-19 at 6.18.47 PM.jpg>
>
>
> Unfortunately, "Copy Finder Items” does NOTHING whenever a file is MODIFIED
> (which is what happens every time that the library gets rebuilt during the
> compile-link workflow).
Hey Alfredo,
If you're content with doing this manually then you've got your answer, but
I'll add to the plot anyway:
--------------------------------------------------------
# Auth: Christopher Stone
# dCre: 2021/03/21 00:57
# dMod: 2021/03/21 00:57
# Appl: Finder, System Events
# Task: Handler to Delete a File or Folder Given an:
# : Alias, HFS-Path, POSIX-Path, $HOME-Based-POSIX-Path, or POSIX-File
# Libs: None
# Osax: None
# Tags: @Applescript, @Script, @Finder, @System_Events, @Delete, @File, @Folder
--------------------------------------------------------
set fileRef to "~/Downloads/TEST_FILE.txt"
deleteItem(fileRef)
--------------------------------------------------------
--» HANDLERS
--------------------------------------------------------
# Input: Alias, HFS-Path, POSIX-Path, $HOME-Based-POSIX-Path, or POSIX-File
on deleteItem(fileRef)
if fileRef starts with "~" or fileRef starts with "/" or fileRef contains
":" then
tell application "System Events" to set fileRef to (POSIX path of disk
item fileRef) as «class furl»
end if
tell application "Finder" to delete fileRef
end deleteItem
--------------------------------------------------------
I would just use System Events to delete the item, but it directly deletes –
and in general I'd rather toss things in the trash for safety.
If you want to pursue an automated solution, here are a couple of references.
https://superuser.com/questions/445907/monitor-a-folder-osx-for-file-changes-then-run-a-bash-script
<https://superuser.com/questions/445907/monitor-a-folder-osx-for-file-changes-then-run-a-bash-script>
https://mayeu.me/post/how-to-trigger-any-action-when-a-file-or-folder-changes-on-macos-on-the-cheap/
<https://mayeu.me/post/how-to-trigger-any-action-when-a-file-or-folder-changes-on-macos-on-the-cheap/>
https://www.tecmint.com/watchman-monitor-file-changes-in-linux/
<https://www.tecmint.com/watchman-monitor-file-changes-in-linux/>
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Best Regards,
Chris
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