Automation Blocks - Copy Folder AND Contents

Question

Having read thru the documentation, I understand that the "Copy File or Folder" block only copies the contents of files, but I'm unable to figure a way to copy a folder and the interior files easily.

Copying the .mov is no problem, but the folder...?

Also, is there a way to "Move" the folder as an alternative, instead of copying?

Mathias Moehl · Accepted Answer

Not sure if I understand the question correctly. The Folder block just creates a text (or in programming terms a string).

I created a function for you, which you can use to copy an entire folder:

Just noticed that the block can even be more simplified with the "get name of file path" block (which actually also works with folders and not only files)

Mathias Moehl · Answer

The copy file or folder block can copy entire folders including their content.

See class 3 of this course:

https://mamoworld.com/docs/automation-blocks/tutorials-ae/writeCustomProjectSetupScript#class-3-copying-files-and-working-with-if-blocks

If you copy a folder, note that the contents of the folder is copied, not the folder itself.

That means that in this example, if you have a file ~/Desktop/src/myFile.txt, it will be copied to ~/Desktop/target/myFile.txt and not to ~/Desktop/target/src/myFile.txt.

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