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Any way to trigger Folder Action when adding file to any subfolder?
I've created a Folder Action in Automator and applied it to a folder. But it only gets triggered when a file is added to the root of that folder, not to one of its subfolders.
Is there any way to get ...
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How to execute a Folder Action or another Automator script when I make changes to a folder?
How to execute a Folder Action or another Automator script when I make changes to a folder?
And by changes I mean not just deleting or inserting new file, the most important for me is when the content ...
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Automator: How to copy the contents of local folder to a linux smb share?
I use Lion and I'm trying to make a folder action that copies the content of a local folder to a Samba share, but when I execute the action at Automator it copies the folder and not only its contents ...
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Unreliable Folder Action
I have a folder on my Computer, "Markdown Source" with a folder action applied to it through Automator. The folder action applies a shell script, and then writes output to a different folder, ...
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Automator folder action questions
As I asked in this post, I could make it that a file in a directory can be renamed automatically, but I have some questions about this action.
Where to the workflow files are copied? When I run ...
