searching directories to relink

Report · Dec 08, 2017

Hello all,

I am trying to write a script to automate relinking broken links.

The idea is to make a list of all broken links, then search for those in a particular directory. There is no easy way of searching a directory with javascript that i know of.

I tried making an array populated with all ai files in a particular tree structure but i hit stack overflow rather quickly.

Any thoughts about how one could search in directories?

below is all i have.

var idDoc = app.activeDocument

var broke = []

var foundFiles = []

var folds = []

var started = false

for (var i=0; i < idDoc.links.length; i++){

var a = idDoc.links

if (a.status == LinkStatus.LINK_MISSING ){

broke.push(a.name)

}

if (broke.length >= 0){

var searchFolder =Folder("Q:\Kollektion_Files")

var folderCount = []

getFilesFromFolder(searchFolder)

fix(broke, foundFile)

}

function getFilesFromFolder(curfolder){

if (started == true){

folds.splice(0,1)

}

var files = curfolder.getFiles();

for (l = 0; l < files.length; l++){

if (files instanceof Folder){

var entry = files

folds.push(entry)

}

var curFile;

for(var x=0; x<files.length; x++){

curFile = files;

if(curFile instanceof File && validFile(curFile)){

foundFiles.push(curFile);

}

started = true

var len = folds.length

if (folds.length >=0){

getFilesFromFolder(folds[0])

}

Thanks.

Dane

Report · Dec 10, 2017

Check out this script.

— Kas

Report · Dec 11, 2017

mornin' Kas

I just went through this application. Very interesting. I think I learned a dozen new things.

I did actually manage to pound out a refined search using parts of the old path name.

One of the main goals of the script though, was to have no dialogs. The script would just figure out where to go(with in a defined area)

Below is the code I ended up with.

Thanks a lot for your input and share this great bit of scripting.

var idDoc = app.activeDocument
var broke = []
var foundFiles = []
var folds = []
var started = false
for (var i=0; i < idDoc.links.length; i++){
var a = idDoc.links
if (a.status == LinkStatus.LINK_MISSING ){
//here i parsed the broken path and used parts of it im my searchFolder path.
//this made my directory was much smaller and more targeted and therefore does not have a stack overflow
var parse = a.filePath.split("\\")
var gender = parse[2]+ "\\"
var prodGroup = parse[3]
broke.push(a.name)
}
}
if (broke.length >= 0){
var searchFolder =Folder("Q:\Kollektion_Files\\" + gender + prodGroup)
getFilesFromFolder(searchFolder)
fix(broke, foundFiles)
}
function getFilesFromFolder(curfolder){
if (started == true){
folds.splice(0,1)
}
var files = curfolder.getFiles();
for (l = 0; l < files.length; l++){
if (files instanceof Folder){
var entry = files
folds.push(entry)
}
}
var curFile;
for(var x=0; x<files.length; x++){
curFile = files;
if(curFile instanceof File && validFile(curFile)){
foundFiles.push(curFile);
}
}
started = true
var len = folds.length
if (folds.length >> 0){
getFilesFromFolder(folds[0])
}
}
function fix(linkList, fileList){
for (var t = 0; t < linkList.length; t++){
var fixLink = linkList.substring(0, 9)
for(var x=0;x<fileList.length; x++) {
if(fileList.displayName.search(fixLink) >= 0){
var theLink = idDoc.links.itemByName(linkList)
theLink.relink(fileList)
break;
}
}
}
}
function validFile(file){
return (/TF.*\.ai/i.test(file.name));
}

var idDoc = app.activeDocument
var broke = []
var foundFiles = []
var folds = []
var started = false
for (var i=0; i < idDoc.links.length; i++){
var a = idDoc.links
if (a.status == LinkStatus.LINK_MISSING ){
//here i parsed the broken path and used parts of it im my searchFolder path.
//my directory was much smaller and more targeted and therefore does not have a stack overflow
var parse = a.filePath.split("\\")
var gender = parse[2]+ "\\"
var prodGroup = parse[3]
broke.push(a.name)
}
}
if (broke.length >= 0){
var searchFolder =Folder("Q:\Kollektion_Files\\" + gender + prodGroup)
getFilesFromFolder(searchFolder)
fix(broke, foundFiles)
}
function getFilesFromFolder(curfolder){
if (started == true){
folds.splice(0,1)
}
var files = curfolder.getFiles();
for (l = 0; l < files.length; l++){
if (files instanceof Folder){
var entry = files
folds.push(entry)
}
}
var curFile;
for(var x=0; x<files.length; x++){
curFile = files;
if(curFile instanceof File && validFile(curFile)){
foundFiles.push(curFile);
}
}
started = true
var len = folds.length
if (folds.length >> 0){
getFilesFromFolder(folds[0])
}
}
function fix(linkList, fileList){
for (var t = 0; t < linkList.length; t++){
var fixLink = linkList.substring(0, 9)
for(var x=0;x<fileList.length; x++) {
if(fileList.displayName.search(fixLink) >= 0){
var theLink = idDoc.links.itemByName(linkList)
theLink.relink(fileList)
break;
}
}
}
}
function validFile(file){
return (/TF.*\.ai/i.test(file.name));
}

Report · Dec 11, 2017

One of the main goals of the script though, was to have no dialogs.

In this case you may be interested in my Batch processor script so instead of opening, processing the current document, closing it, you may process dozens/hundreds/thousands files in one go. I am working on a new -- much improved -- version now. Last week I tested it together with my new 'package' script at work to make archive of old issues and it worked well for me: packaged almost 300 files for 16 minutes.

— Kas

Report · Dec 13, 2017

Excellent.

Get stuff.

I'd sure like to be spending more time writing scripts and less time using them. Far more interesting.

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