BibDesk should be able to already do this for you.
Christiaan
> On 12 Jun 2020, at 11:19, Mahmood Shafeie Zargar <mahm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Luc,
>
> I agree it would be great if BibDesk could at least give us the option.
>
> BibDesk already has an Orphaned Files feature that you can use periodically
> to remove the files you don't need anymore from your attachments directory.
>
> Otherwise, I use the following script with the Remove File hook to do just
> what you desire:
>
> using terms from application "BibDesk"
> on perform BibDesk action with publications thePubs for script hook
> theScriptHook
> tell application "BibDesk"
> set theField to get field name of theScriptHook
> set oldValues to get old values of theScriptHook
> if theField = "Local File" then
> repeat with theFile in oldValues
> set theAlertText to "File association removed."
> set theAlertMessage to "You are detaching the file \"" &
> theFile & "\" from the corresponding publication. Would you like to delete
> the file from the file system as well?"
> set result to display alert theAlertText message
> theAlertMessage as critical buttons {"Keep", "Remove"} default button
> "Remove" cancel button "Keep"
> if button returned of result = "Remove" then
> tell application "Finder" to delete theFile as POSIX
> file
> end if
> end repeat
> end if
> end tell
> end perform BibDesk action with publications
> end using terms from
>
>
> Hope this helps,
> Mahmood
> On 12 Jun 2020, 11:05 +0200, Fischlin Andreas <andreas.fisch...@env.ethz.ch>,
> wrote:
>> Dear Luc,
>>
>> Indeed, that would be annoying.
>>
>> BTW, I offer on my website several AppleScripts which greatly support such
>> tasks. E.g. I can simply replace in the Finder an obsolete version of a PDF
>> with an updated one and then trigger with a shortcut (Ctrl^F) an AppleScript
>> that discards the old link and replaces it with a new link to the new file.
>> There is only one drawback for this to work, I use information from the
>> record to construct the file name. In my case I use only the cite key with
>> some suffixes if there are several PDF’s linked to the same article, e.g.
>> supplementary material, to name my PDFs.
>>
>> Should you be interested, here the link:
>> https://www.sysecol2.ethz.ch/software/
>> <https://www.sysecol2.ethz.ch/software/>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Andreas
>>
>> ETH Zurich
>> Prof. em. Dr. Andreas Fischlin
>> IPCC Vice-Chair WGII
>> Systems Ecology - Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics
>> CHN E 24
>> Universitaetstrasse 16
>> 8092 Zurich
>> SWITZERLAND
>>
>> andreas.fisch...@env.ethz.ch <mailto:andreas.fisch...@env.ethz.ch>
>> www.sysecol.ethz.ch/people/andreas.fischlin.hml
>> <http://www.sysecol.ethz.ch/people/andreas.fischlin.hml>
>>
>> +41 44 633-6090 phone
>> +41 44 633-1136 fax
>> +41 79 595-4050 mobile
>>
>> Make it as simple as possible, but distrust it!
>> ________________________________________________________________________
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 12/06/2020, at 09:31, Luc Bourhis via Bibdesk-users
>>> <bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>>> <mailto:bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> it would be sweet if BibDesk would propose to remove the actual file on
>>> disk when one removes a link from a record. It happens every now and then
>>> that either I filed the wrong file, or more often that I want to replace a
>>> preprint by a later version or the published one. Currently, I have to
>>> remove the link, add the new one, then use “Reveal in Finder” and remove
>>> the old one. A bit tedious.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Luc J Bourhis
>>>
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