"get specified finder items" in automator pulling more than specified

In part of a larger workflow I copy 5 files to my iDisk. In the next step I select one of those items again using 'get specified finder items' from the same location, add a date to its name in the next step with the 'add date or times to finder item names' then finish the workflow.

However what is happening is the 'get specified finder items' I'm using to grab the file to be renamed, is actually grabbing all 5 of the files from the previous step. Only the one is showing in the 'get specified finder items' list but it grabs all 5 anyway.

Anyone see this before? Know a way to fix it?

Your help as always is very much appreciated. Thank you!

MacBook Pro and about four others, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Dec 22, 2009 7:01 AM

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Dec 22, 2009 7:56 AM in response to Keith Kaiser1

Keith Kaiser1 wrote:
In part of a larger workflow I copy 5 files to my iDisk.


In the next step I select one of those items again using 'get specified finder items' from the same location,

control-click on this "get specified items" action and select "ignore input". otherwise the previous action in the workflow will pass its output as input for this one. that's what's causing the doubles.
add a date to its name in the next step with the 'add date or times to finder item names' then finish the workflow.

However what is happening is the 'get specified finder items' I'm using to grab the file to be renamed, is actually grabbing all 5 of the files from the previous step. Only the one is showing in the 'get specified finder items' list but it grabs all 5 anyway.

Anyone see this before? Know a way to fix it?

Your help as always is very much appreciated. Thank you!

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