Q: help zipping a file w applescript
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May 30, 2016 10:40 AMby red_menace,Zip has a bunch of options (see the man page). The -j option will store just the file name, not the directory names.
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May 30, 2016 1:10 PMby revDAVE,Thanks so much Jacques Rioux & red_menace - I am getting there...
if I use red_menace addition to add -j - then the folder result says nothing to do... (maybe this is just for a file not folder?)
Jacques Rioux...
one problem I having with :
do shell script "zip -r '/Users/me/Desktop/ziptest.zip' '/Users/me/Desktop/ziptest'"
is it zipped the folder but still keeps the path folders
Q: so how do I also use red_menace addition to add -j so the folder
when I try below I get errors....
do shell script "zip -rj ....
do shell script "zip -r -j ....
do shell script "zip -r j ....
Thanks in advance
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Jun 7, 2016 1:51 PMby Jacques Rioux,HelpfulHi,
revDAVE wrote:
one problem I having with :
do shell script "zip -r '/Users/me/Desktop/ziptest.zip' '/Users/me/Desktop/ziptest'"
is it zipped the folder but still keeps the path folders
You must use the cd command with the parent folder of your folder to skip all parent folders
Example with the "/Users/me/Desktop/ziptest" folder :
So, the parent folder is "/Users/me/Desktop/"
The parameters of the zip command must be: -r (because it's a folder), the name of the archive and the name of the folder
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do shell script "cd "/Users/me/Desktop/" && zip -r 'ziptest.zip' 'ziptest'" -- this create an archive on the desktop
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Jun 7, 2016 1:51 PMby Pierre L.,HelpfulQ: how do I get this working so it works like right click and archive does in the finder?
You might also try this:
tell application "Finder"
activate
select (choose folder)
end tell
tell application "System Events"
click (menu item 1 of menu 1 of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1 of process "Finder" whose name starts with "Compress")
end tell
