on open the_items set destination to posix path of last item of the_items set files_to_move to items 1 thru -2 of the_items repeat with this_file in files_to_move do shell script "mv " & quoted form of posix path of this_file & space & quoted form of destination end repeat end open
On Apr 26, 10:24 am, Chris Cairns <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to create a "Move to" action which shall always do a "Move > to" (instead of a "Copy to" in case the destination volume is > different than source volume). This will be done by first copying and > then deleting the files. > > I shall use only two panes because I don't know how applescript will > except an item from the third pane. > This is how I propose to do it: > > 1. I shall collect items a,b,c,d etc in pane 1 using comma trick. The > last item (say z) shall be the destination folder. > > 2. I shall run an applescript in the actions pane to work on these > items. > 3. In the applescript, I want to be able to refer to the last item > (say z) so that i can use z as the destination folder. > > Is there a way to refer to the last item among all the items in the > first pane? > > Thanks in advance.
