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Hi all,
I'm trying to write a script which searches a folder for packaged files and then searches the links of those files.
I want to store the links and their files separate arrays.
When I put the packaged files in an array I cant seem to use the getFiles() function.
var links = [],
packaged = [],
files = [],
myFolder = Folder( "A:\jake/" ),
myDocs = [],
myFiles = myFolder.getFiles(), //store the target files in a variable
i;
for ( i = 0; i < myFiles.length; i++ ) {
if (myFiles instanceof Folder ) {
var links = myFiles.getFiles( "Links" )
packaged.push( links );
}
}
this is a snippet. The packaged array contains all the links folders but when I try and loop through them
for ( i = 0; i < packaged.length; i++ ) {
var y = packaged.getFiles()
links.push( y );
}
This doesn't work.
Any ideas?
Hi,
"Links" is not an extension (to filter) but a name of folder (a part of path), so:
var links = Folder(myFiles + "/Links/").getFiles();
jarek
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Hi,
"Links" is not an extension (to filter) but a name of folder (a part of path), so:
var links = Folder(myFiles + "/Links/").getFiles();
jarek
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Thanks
I'm using this:
var links = [],
packaged = [],
files = [],
myFolder = Folder( "A:\jake/" ),
myDocs = [],
myFiles = myFolder.getFiles(), //store the target files in a variable
i;
for ( i = 0; i < myFiles.length; i++ ) {
if ( myFiles instanceof Folder ) {
packaged.push( Folder(myFiles + "/Links/").getFiles() );
}
}
for ( i = 0; i < packaged.length; i++ ) {
$.writeln( packaged );
}
But it doesn't seem to pick up all the files (only the first three folders get checked)
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Hello,
Perhaps it' s a problem with file or folder's names.
Your script works fine, but I get empty packaged array when there's no "Links" folder, so iI added : " && Folder(myFiles + "/Links/").exists"
var links = [],
packaged = [],
files = [],
myFolder = Folder( "A:\jake/" ),
myDocs = [],
myFiles = myFolder.getFiles(); //store the target files in a variable
for (var i = 0; i < myFiles.length; i++ ) {
if ( myFiles instanceof Folder && Folder(myFiles + "/Links/").exists) {
packaged.push( Folder(myFiles + "/Links/").getFiles() );
}
}
for (var i = 0; i < packaged.length; i++ ) {
//alert( packaged );
$.writeln( packaged );
}