Move or copy files from one location(folder) to another using JSX

[S_goel]

How to Move or copy files from one location(folder) to another using JSX?

[Manan Joshi]

Extendscript does not seem to have a move function but it does have a copy and remove function. You can mock move by first copying and then deleting. For details on the api's see the following

https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/illustrator-latest/#File.html

-Manan

[jduncan]

Pretty straightforward using ExtendScript File objects (learn more here).

// file you want to copy
var sourceFile = new File("/some-folder-path/file-to-copy.ai");
// where you want to copy the file to
var targetFile = new File("/folder-path-to-copy-to/copied-file.ai");
// copy the source file to the target location
sourceFile.copy(targetFile);
// delete the source file
sourceFile.remove();

A few notes about the code above...

• I would include some error checking to make sure the target folder exists
• I would also check to make sure the copy location didn't already have a file by the same name as the copy method overwrites without confirmation