Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: alt.comp.lang.applescript Subject: Re: Detecting change in folder contents Date: 15 Apr 2017 16:58:48 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <1n4hrfj.ltzdtmkkaeiN%adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> <1n4jasl.tkm4hj173pzhqN%adrian@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> X-Trace: individual.net MCPe/PRMyHm88t/S48D7dAzLYVk3jJwkd6cFFJIoTXv/K5hUmu Cancel-Lock: sha1:26et4HObodl7ujVoYI7eSV3/VKM= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.lang.applescript:32 On 2017-04-15, Adrian Tuddenham wrote: > Jolly Roger wrote: > >> As I mentioned back in March, there are applications that synchronize >> folders in classic Mac OS, like Folder Synchronizer (see the "Previous >> Versions" link on this page): >> >> > > Thank you, I remember your reply, but that software is only available > for OSX. My goodness. Please pay attention. As I stated when I first mentioned it, and again above, there is a version that will run on classic Mac OS, which you can find by clicking the "Previous Versions" link on the above web page. > I can delve into every folder for the Modification Dates of the files, > but it is a very slow business which would be unsuitable for a regular > daily backup. I was hoping to identify folders that had not changed > (most of them) and skip over them. Using AppleScript is an inefficient way to do what you want to do. That's why I suggested you use an application that is designed to do it more quickly. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR