Move files from one folder to another javascript?

Hi,

this might help:

// Use at your own risk
// test it before!
var sourceFolder = new Folder("~/Desktop/temp/source");
var destFolder = new Folder("~/Desktop/temp/destination");
var fileList = sourceFolder.getFiles();
for (var i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++) {
    if (fileList[i].copy(decodeURI(destFolder) + "/" + fileList[i].displayName)) {
        fileList[i].remove();
    }  
}

Regards,

Davide Barranca

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This will create NEW files though...

Not as far as I know, File methods in ExtendScript are documented on the JS Tools Guide, p. 51, and there's no move() alas.

Does the date need to be the same of the original file? Because otherwise I see no problem in having files copied instead of moved.

Regards,

Davide Barranca

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www.davidebarranca.com

www.cs-extensions.com

There is nothing wrong with the new files but yes this can cause more back up than is really needed.

FRom a personal stand point I would have gone for Bridge for this workflow.

It has a move command that works propery.

It can watch a folder using a scheulled task.

I would have tried BridgeTalk to pass to PS for processing.

but that's just my preferred option...

It's in the guides but is the ExtendScript way to pass data between apps...

Sent from my iPhone

It sounds like that IPP and the move bat files are running concurrently that the bat starts some time after IPP starts and that it copies the files from the processing folder to the archive folder then delete the files in the processing folder before IPP has processed all the image files. Are you using widows scheduler to run a bat command file? I have not use a droplet to start Photoshop in years and don't understand what you mean by a three action droplet.  are you creating an droplet the use a single action that plays other actions?

The Process should be done is a single action that use two scripts steps so they are done in sequence not concurrently.

Please save the action set with the action is in and upload the .ATN file and post a link to the .atn file so we can actually see the Action.

timlogochair wrote:

 

Run droplet.exe that has two steps in the action

     Step 1.  Run IPP

     Step 2.  JSX bat to move files from processing to archive.

 

 

That is what we talked about in the other thread thing need to run in sequence.  I don't know why you started a second thread I almost missed it.

I'm sure I have see a way to close down Photoshop in a Photoshop script.  I never had the need to.  It may be a simple statement like app.close(); I don't know javascript and only hack Photoshop script mostly by looking at others code.  app.close(); is a guess on my part. Let me try it. I was wrong its photoshop.quit();

So make your MoveToArchive.jsx look something like this

try{

   var BAT = new File(Folder.temp + "/MoveFilesToArchive.bat");

   BAT.open("w");

   BAT.writeln('Copy /Y "c:\\Process\\*.jpg" "c:\\Archive\\*.*"');

   BAT.writeln('Del "c:\Process\\*.jpg"');

   BAT.close();

   BAT.execute();   // execute the temp bat file

}catch(e){

alert("Bat MoveFilesToArchive  failed to execute.");

};

photoshop.quit();

Hi!

Thanks for the sample script. I'm trying to use it on a script I'm making for after effects (to easily change footage paths or to copy/move footage).

I'm getting an error on the line

var BAT = new File(Folder.temp + "/MoveFilesToArchive.bat");

The error code is "Object of type Folder found where a Number, Array, or Property is needed."

Edit:

The script works fine if I use

var BAT = new File(Folder.temp.toString() + "/MoveFilesToArchive.bat");

Is there an easy way to change paths from relative to absolute? I need it to pick footage paths from the project view, as all the paths there are relative, but the .bat needs absolute paths.

Edit: answering my own question fileobject.fsName gives you the absolute path.