AS_Folder_Create ( myPath ; myOptions )

create folders using AppleScript and shell command mkdir (Apple only)

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Thomas Siebert - Show more from this author
http://www.t-seabird.de

Sample input:

AS_Folder_Create ( "filemac:" & Get ( DesktopPath ) & "my Folder/myFolder2/" ; "-p" )

Sample output:

creates 2 Nested folders on the desktop

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

/*
AS_Folder_Create ( myPath ; myOptions )

version 13
---------------------------------------------
Thomas Siebert, 11.03.2015
thomas@t-seabird.de
www.t-seabird.de
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Diese cf funktioniert bisher nur mit einem Pfad. Für die Übergabe einer Liste von Pfaden müssen einige Teile der Funktion rekursiv werden.

Die CF wird über den Scriptschritt "AppleScript ausführen" mit der Option "Berechnetes Script" genutzt.
"AppleScript ausführen" steht auch direkt in den Tastenkommandos zur Verfügung.

Use the ScriptStep "Perform AppleScript" using the option "Calculated AppleScript"
You also shall use "Perform AppleScript" directly from a button.

Options:

     -m mode
             Set the file permission bits of the final created directory to
             the specified mode.  The mode argument can be in any of the for-
             mats specified to the chmod(1) command.  If a symbolic mode is
             specified, the operation characters ``+'' and ``-'' are inter-
             preted relative to an initial mode of ``a=rwx''.

     -p      Create intermediate directories as required.  If this option is
             not specified, the full path prefix of each operand must already
             exist.  On the other hand, with this option specified, no error
             will be reported if a directory given as an operand already
             exists.  Intermediate directories are created with permission
             bits of rwxrwxrwx (0777) as modified by the current umask, plus
             write and search permission for the owner.

*/

Let ( [ 
myPath = Substitute ( myPath ; [ ¶ ; " " ] ; [ "//" ; "/" ] ) ;
myOptions = myOptions
]; 

"set myPath to \"" & myPath & "\"
¶set myOptions to \"" & myOptions & "\"as string
¶
¶try
¶	do shell script \"mkdir \" & myOptions & \" \" & path_fmp_to_shell(myPath)
¶end try
¶
¶on path_fmp_to_shell(myPath)
¶	set myPath to POSIX file myPath as string
¶	set myStartDisk to (path to startup disk) as string
¶	
¶	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to (\"#\" & myStartDisk as text)
¶	set the item_list to every text item of (\"#\" & myPath as text)
¶	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to \"\"
¶	set myPath to the item_list as string
¶	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to \"\"
¶
¶	set myPath to quoted form of POSIX path of myPath as text
¶	return myPath
¶end path_fmp_to_shell"

)

Creation of Folders using the shell command "mkdir"
U shall use a standard POSIX path or a common FileMaker paths like:
"filemac:" & Get ( DesktopPath ) & "my Folder/myFolder2/"

The script removes prefixes like "filemac:" or the name of the start volume like "/Macintosh HD/" automatically.

Use the ScriptStep "Perform AppleScript" using the option "Calculated AppleScript"
You also shall use "Perform AppleScript" directly from a button.

Options:

-m mode
Set the file permission bits of the final created directory to
the specified mode. The mode argument can be in any of the for-
mats specified to the chmod(1) command. If a symbolic mode is
specified, the operation characters ``+'' and ``-'' are inter-
preted relative to an initial mode of ``a=rwx''.

-p Create intermediate directories as required. If this option is
not specified, the full path prefix of each operand must already
exist. On the other hand, with this option specified, no error
will be reported if a directory given as an operand already
exists. Intermediate directories are created with permission
bits of rwxrwxrwx (0777) as modified by the current umask, plus
write and search permission for the owner.

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AS_Folder_Create ( myPath ; myOptions )

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