Hi, below is a working Applescript that lists the contents of a folder and its sub-folders to a text file named "Folder Inventory". The problem, for example, is that if a sub-folder is emptied of files, the list of its previous contents is still shown in the inventory text file from the last time the script was run. So I would like to delete all text in the file before it is written to again. I've searched and found this code and put my filename in it but I can't get it to work.
Any assistance will be appreciated.
set eof "files:folder inventory.txt" to 0
property file_id : null
tell application "Finder" to set this_folder to folder "movies" of disk "files"
set log_file_path to "files:Folder Inventory.txt"
set file_id to open for access file log_file_path with write permission
try
write ("Start " & (current date) & return) to file_id
my do_subfolders(this_folder, "")
write (return & return) to file_id
close access file_id
say "finished"
on error errMsg
close access file_id
say errMsg
end try
on do_subfolders(this_folder, name_prefix)
tell application "Finder"
log name_prefix & (name of this_folder) as string
write (return & name_prefix & (name of this_folder) as string) to file_id
set file_list to every file in this_folder
repeat with this_file in file_list
log name_prefix & " " & (name of this_file) as string
write (return & name_prefix & " " & (name of this_file) as string) to file_id
end repeat
set folder_list to every folder in this_folder
repeat with this_subfolder in folder_list
my do_subfolders(this_subfolder, " " & name_prefix)
end repeat
end tell
end do_subfolders
