Create a New Folder and Coping file

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Dear Friends,
We try to Create a new folder and copy a ai files from one folder to another,
We achieved these process in macOS catalina by following code,

namespace fs = std::Filesystem;
fs::CreateDirectory(ai::FilePath folderPath );
fs::Copy(ai::FilePath srcPath, ai::FilePath destPath);

but, it not available in macOs High Sierra.
kindly tell any other alternate option for these process in macOS High Sierra.

Thanks & Regards

Jayashree.J

[Laubender]

Hi Jayashree,

if you like you could use ExtendScript's File and Folder objects to do that.

See into DOM documentation for methods and properties:

https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/illustrator21/#File.html

https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/illustrator21/#Folder.html

Below a code sample:

/*
	ExtendScript ( JavaScript ) code:
	
	1. Gets the user's Documents folder
	2. Writes all files of that folder with suffix *.ai to an array.
	3. Creates a new folder in the user's Documents folder.
	4. Loops the files array to copy every file to the new folder.
	
*/

var newFolderName = "NewFolderName";

// This defines a standard folder of the Folder object.
// The user's Documents folder
var sourceFolder = Folder.myDocuments;

// Get all AI files in the user's Documents folder:
var filesArray = sourceFolder.getFiles
(
	// FILTER FUNCTION:
	function( file )
	{
		if
		( 
			file instanceof File
			&&
			file.name.match(/\.ai$/)
			
		){ return true };
	}
);

// Definition of the new folder:
var newFolder = Folder( sourceFolder.fullName +"/"+ newFolderName );

// Test if that folder already exists. If yes, do nothing, if no, create it:
if( !newFolder.exists ){ newFolder.create() };

// Loop the filtered file array to copy every file in the array:
for( var n=0; n<filesArray.length; n++ )
{
	var currentFile = filesArray[n] ;
	var copyOfFile =  File( newFolder.fullName +"/"+ currentFile.name );
	
	// Do nothing if the file already exists:
	if( copyOfFile.exists ){ continue };
	currentFile.copy( copyOfFile );
};

The script could be executed by Adobe Illustrator.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )