applescriptautomatorfinderscript
I need to write or find a simple script to find, select and move to trash, folders within a Final Cut Pro X library. Because these libraries are bundles you can't search them in the normal way.
What I want is a script that runs every day, searches the libraries finds Folders (and their contents) called "Render Files" and then moves them to trash.
I can use automator to find the bundles, and to list the contents, but then I cannot get it to select only the 'Render Files' folders.
Found the solution I was looking for here: http://www.macworld.com/article/1160660/automator_filesfromsubfolders.html
This might be a bit of a sledgehammer approach by Applescript compared to Automator's 'move' command, but as that's how the OP approaches it...
To do it as an Automator Service, so it's easy to hotkey it…
'Service receives selected 'files or folders' in 'Finder''.
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Finder"
set selected_items to selection
set theFolder to ((((path to desktop folder) as text) & "test") as alias)
repeat with x in selected_items
move x to theFolder
end repeat
end tell
return input
end run
Best Answer
Add the following to your crontab (
env EDITOR=nano crontab -e):Keep backups and make sure you've got the right path.