Or easier:
set missingFileItems to {}
repeat with thePub in publications
tell contents of thePub
if (local file is missing value and value of field "Local-
Url" is not "") then
set end of missingFileItems to thePub
end if
end tell
end repeat
Christiaan
On 18 Jun 2007, at 8:19 PM, Alexander H. Montgomery wrote:
> Yep, that's it. I could write a quick AppleScript that goes through
> them and checks using a "do shell script," I suppose...
>
> -A
>
> On Jun 18, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
>
>>
>> On Monday, June 18, 2007, at 10:55AM, "Alexander H. Montgomery"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Right, but they don't sort between has-local-url-not-missing and
>>> has-
>>> local-url-missing.
>>
>> It's supposed to (and does for me). It won't work if you use
>> relative paths, since the sort function doesn't know how to see if
>> the file exists. Is that your situation?
>>
>> --
>> Adam
>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 18, 2007, at 10:49 AM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, June 18, 2007, at 10:44AM, "Alexander H. Montgomery"
>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>> Is there any method or technique for finding publications that are
>>>>> orphaned (i.e., have a local-url that isn't valid?) I know that
>>>>> there's a method for the inverse (finding PDFs that don't have
>>>>> publications). Some sort of "missing publication finder" item.
>>>>> AppleScript suggestions welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Easiest thing I can think of is to display the Local-Url column(s)
>>>> and sort them. The ones with a missing file icon (question mark)
>>>> don't have a valid URL.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Adam
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