see if folder exists?

[General]

how can I see if a folder exists… then if it dosnt create it

[jonn8]

This is the code I use. It will make folders for each folder in the path that doesn’t already exist:

set folder_path to (path to desktop as string) & “testing:1:2:3:4:”
my [color=green]make_target_folder/color

on [color=green]make_target_folder/color
tell application “Finder”
try
set target_folder to folder_path as alias
on error
set folder_path to folder_path as string
set AppleScript’s text item delimiters to “:”
set the_folders to (text items of folder_path) as list
set AppleScript’s text item delimiters to “”
set new_folder to (item 1 of the_folders) & “:”
repeat with i from 2 to count of the_folders
set the_folder_name to (item i of the_folders)
if the_folder_name is not “” then
try
get new_folder & (the_folder_name) & “:” as alias
on error
set target_folder to (make new folder at (new_folder as alias) with properties {name:the_folder_name}) as alias
end try
set new_folder to new_folder & (the_folder_name) & “:”
end if
end repeat end try
end tell
return target_folder
end make_target_folder

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Jon

[Ray_Barber]

This is not as thourough as Jon’s script…

But it will create a new folder named ‘newfolder’ on the desktop, if a folder named ‘newfolder’ is already there it displays a dialog syaing so.

tell application “Finder”
activate
if exists folder “newfolder” then
display dialog “It’s There”
else
make new folder with properties {name:“newfolder”}
end if
end tell

[General]

This is not as thourough as Jon’s script…

But it will create a new folder named ‘newfolder’ on the desktop, if a folder named ‘newfolder’ is already there it displays a dialog syaing so.

tell application “Finder”
activate
if exists folder “newfolder” then
display dialog “It’s There”
else
make new folder with properties {name:“newfolder”}
end if
end tell

ok and then using your code… how would i see if a folder exists at the path: “home:documents:MY_FOLDER”?

**how do i specify to AS where my “home” folder is?

[jonn8]

To get the path to the current user’s home folder (or documents folder):

set path_to_Home to ((path to “cusr”) as string)
set path_to_Documents to ((path to “docs”) as string)

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Jon

[julifos]

how can I see if a folder exists… then if it dosnt create it

You can use shell’s “mkdir”, which can also create recursive directories:

set thePath to "/Applications/Wok/lonely/people/in/the/world/"
do shell script "mkdir -p " & quoted form of thePath

If it doesn’t exist folder “Wok” inside the applications folder, this should create any folder thru the end (“world”).

Cheers…