Remove parent folder and all subfolders (custom info panels)

Report · Jan 11, 2012

I'm writing a script to help users install custom info panels in the Folder.userData + '/Adobe/XMP/Custom File Info Panels/3.0/panels' location. I have a working script to copy files, but I also want to delete previous versions of the same info panel. I also want to allow for the possibility that could be several older versions so I need to loop through them. I know that I need to empty the files of a folder before it can be removed. I can remove one instance of a ninfo panel, but not several - I'm having trouble getting the function to loop.

For example, if I have two old info panel version to delete (myPanel_v1 and myPanel_v2) can use getFiles (myPanel*) to get an array with the names of the two parent folders:

~/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/XMP/Custom%20File%20Info%20Panels/3.0/panels/myPanel_v1,~/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/XMP/Custom%20File%20Info%20Panels/3.0/panels/myPanel_v2

What I can't do is the loop through the subfolders and their contents based on the index of this array. Perhaps there is a completey different approach I need to take?

The code below does remove a single instance of my custom ino panel, but I can't figure out a way to make it loop.

var CS5panelsFolder = (Folder.userData + '/Adobe/XMP/Custom File Info Panels/3.0/panels');

var xmask = 'myPanel*'

var xRemove = (Folder (CS5panelsFolder).getFiles (xmask)); // returns an array with all folders with 'VRA_beta' in the name

for (var i = 0; i < xRemove.length; i++) var xBin = (Folder (xRemove+'/bin').getFiles());

for (var i = 0; i < xRemove.length; i++) var xLoc = (Folder (xRemove+'/loc').getFiles());

for (var i = 0; i < xRemove.length; i++) var xRes = (Folder (xRemove+'/resources').getFiles());

for (var i = 0; i < xRemove.length; i++)

{

//Loop through array of xBin files and remove them

for (var i = 0; i < xBin.length; i++) File(xBin).remove();

//Loop through array of loc files and remove them

for (var i = 0; i < xLoc.length; i++) File(xLoc).remove();

// Loop through array of resource files and remove them

for (var i = 0; i < xRes.length; i++) File(xRes).remove();

// remove manifest file

for (var i = 0; i < xRemove.length; i++) File(xRemove+'/manifest.xml').remove();

}

for (var i = 0; i < xRemove.length; i++)

{

// Remove now empty xBin folder

for (var i = 0; i < xRemove.length; i++) Folder(xRemove+'/bin').remove();

// Remover now empty loc folder

for (var i = 0; i < xRemove.length; i++) Folder(xRemove+'/loc').remove();

// Remove now empty resources folder

for (var i = 0; i < xRemove.length; i++) Folder(xRemove+'/resources').remove();

// Remove now empty old version folder

for (var i = 0; i < xRemove.length; i++) Folder(xRemove).remove();

}

Thanks for your help,

Greg Reser

Report · Jan 26, 2012

I now have this code that works:

var W = 'Base Folder Name';

var X = Folder(W).getFiles();

for (var Q1 = 0; Q1 < X.length; Q1++)

{

if (X[Q1] instanceof Folder == true)

{

var Y = Folder (X[Q1]).getFiles();

for (var Q2 = 0; Q2 < Y.length; Q2++)

{

if (Y[Q2] instanceof Folder == true)

{

var Z = Folder (Y[Q2]).getFiles();

for (var Q3 = 0; Q3 < Z.length; Q3++) File (Z[Q3]).remove();

Folder (Y[Q2]).remove();

}

else File (Y[Q2]).remove();

}

Folder (X[Q1]).remove();

}

else File (X[Q1]).remove();

}

Folder(W).remove();