Check and create folders inside another folder on the Desktop
My script presents the user with a list of options which output files using various shell scripts based on each option selected. The output files are set to go to folders with the same names as the options in the list.
Part of the script checks if the folders exist and creates them if not. Currently they are all created on the users Desktop, but to keep it a little cleaner, I'd like them to be created inside a single folder on the desktop called (for the sake or this conversation) "OutputFiles".
Here is part of the script I currently have which checks and creates the folders:
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set outputList to {¬
"1 Basic", ¬
"2 Good", ¬
"3 Better", ¬
"4 Excellent"}
tell application "Finder"
set theFolders to outputList as alias list
set N to 0
repeat with thisFolder in theFolders
if (exists folder thisFolder of desktop) then
else
make new folder at desktop with properties {name:thisFolder}
end if
end repeat
end tell
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The bit I'm struggling with is how to change the "of desktop" code to reflect ("of desktop & "OutputFiles") location. I would also need to check and create the "OutputFiles" folder first, but I guess I should be able to do that with a simplified version of the above command and run it before the repeat section:
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tell application "Finder"
if (exists folder “OutputFiles” of desktop) then
else
make new folder at desktop with properties {name:”OutputFiles”}
end if
end tell
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Would be great if I could clean this all up a bit and have the folders all reside inside the folder "OutputFiles" on the Desktop.
Thanks.
