Applescript help required to fix "Move to" action

[Chris Cairns]

I want to create a "Move to" action which shall always do a "Move
to" (instead of a "Copy to" in case the destination volume is
different than source volume). This will be done by first copying and
then deleting the files.

I shall use only two panes because I don't know how applescript will
except an item from the third pane.
This is how I propose to do it:

1. I shall collect items a,b,c,d etc in pane 1 using comma trick. The
last item (say z) shall be the destination folder.

2. I shall run an applescript in the actions pane to work on these
items.
3. In the applescript, I want to be able to refer to the last item
(say z) so that i can use z as the destination folder.

Is there a way to refer to the last item among all the items in the
first pane?

Thanks in advance.

[Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)]

on open the_items
set destination to posix path of last item of the_items
set files_to_move to items 1 thru -2 of the_items
repeat with this_file in files_to_move
do shell script "mv " & quoted form of posix path of this_file & space
& quoted form of destination
end repeat
end open

[Chris Cairns]

Vow!!
Thanks a lot, Jon
If you can fix these important things in Quicksilver within couple of
minutes, I request you to add them somewhere in the forum (in the
files section or the applescript thread). They will be very useful to
us.
I mean, some other actions like "Compress Using...", "Create
Archive" (which do not work for multiples files in first pane)

[Loriot]

I second that request.

[Steve]

Can anyone help me with where to save this Applescript and how to
create it? I'm fairly new to OSX, but I've gotten the hang of it and
i'm a quick learner... just need some help to get my Move To working
(right now it just copies the selected files to my NAS, instead of
truly Moving them).

Thanks,

Steve

[Steve]

Actually... cancel my request, i figured it out... just didn't realize
the comma trick was involved to choose the destination.

Thanks!

On May 3, 8:13 pm, Loriot <lor...@gmail.com> wrote:

[DrFred]

I want to try this as having 'move' actually be 'copy' in QS has been
a minor irritation. I copied and pasted Mr. Stovell's script into
Script Editor and when I tried to save it, got an error message
regarding the ampersand (&) between '. . . this_file & space' AND
'quoted form . . .'; the message suggested 'end' in the place of '&'.
Anyone with script experience (myself not included, obviously) with a
suggestion? I'll review the procedures for triggering the script once
I get it right. Thanks, FW.

[DrFred]

I want to try this as having 'move' actually be 'copy' in QS has been
a minor irritation. I copied and pasted Mr. Stovell's script into
Script Editor and when I tried to save it, got an error message
regarding the ampersand (&) between '. . . this_file & space' AND
'quoted form . . .'; the message suggested 'end' in the place of '&'.
Anyone with script experience (myself not included, obviously) with a
suggestion? I'll review the procedures for triggering the script once
I get it right. Thanks, FW.

On May 7, 8:21 pm, Steve <steve.led...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Steve Ledlow]

I got the same thing, however, if you just bring the ampersand ( and
maybe the command that follows it) up a row, it works fine.

[Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)]

The Google Groups software automatically inserts line breaks into any
long lines of text. The line "& quoted form of destination" is
actually supposed to be the end of the line that begins with "do shell
script". Remove the line break and recompile in Script Editor.

[DrFred]

worked perfectly, compiled, ready to go––thank you.

On May 9, 10:42 am, "Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)"

[DrFred]

worked perfectly, compiled, ready to go––thank you.

On May 9, 10:42 am, "Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)"
<jonstov...@gmail.com> wrote:

[DrFred]

I apologize for this doubling of my posts; I don't know how it is
happening . . .