Batch processing zip files w/ Automater
ex: I want to select 30 files and compress them into 30 seperate zip files.
I found this apple script but I cannot get it to work in lion...
Could someone break this down for a cluless user (me) who only knows how to cut and paste into the applescript editor?
originaly posted by red_menace on Apr 20, 2008 2:46 PM
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on run {input, parameters}
-- create a PKZip archive of the selected Finder item(s)
-- if no destination folder is specified, the archive will be placed in the same location
-- input: a list of Finder items to archive
-- output: a list of Finder items archived
set output to {}
set SkippedItems to {} -- this will be a list of skipped items
set DestinationFolder to missing value -- a Finder path to a destination folder if different
repeat with SomeItem in the input -- step through each item in the input
try
set SomeItem to SomeItem as text
if the last character of SomeItem is in {":", "/"} then set SomeItem to text 1 thru -2 of SomeItem
set ArchiveSource to POSIX path of SomeItem
if DestinationFolder is missing value then -- save the archive to the same location
set ArchiveName to ArchiveSource & ".zip"
else -- save the archive to the specified folder
set TheName to name of (info for SomeItem as alias)
set ArchiveName to (POSIX path of DestinationFolder) & TheName & ".zip"
end if
do shell script "ditto -ck " & (quoted form of ArchiveSource) & space & (quoted form of ArchiveName)
set the end of the output to (POSIX file ArchiveName) as alias -- success
on error ErrorMessage number ErrorNumber
log ErrorMessage
set the end of SkippedItems to SomeItem
end try
end repeat
if SkippedItems is not {} then -- handle skipped items
set TheCount to (count SkippedItems) as text
display alert "Error with Archive action" message TheCount & " items(s) were skipped - workflow will continue"
(*
choose from list SkippedItems with title "Error with Archive action" with prompt "The following items were skipped:" with empty selection allowed
if result is false then error number -128 -- user cancelled
*)
end if
return the output -- pass the result(s) to the next action
end run
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Thanks!
