The supposed duplicate question explains how to DELETE A FILE but I need to CREATE ONE (OR MORE) NONEXISTENT DIRECTORIES a completely different task!
As a followup to my previous (solved) question Can Applescript be used to tell whether or not a directory (path) exists?
I now need to know how to create any directories in the path that do not already exist?
The easiest way is to use the shell, mkdir -p creates the folder only if it does not exist.
do shell script "mkdir -p ~/Desktop/TestFolder"
However there is a caveat: If there is a space character in the path you need to replace every space with two backslashes because the usual quoted of does not expand the tilde.
do shell script "mkdir -p ~/Desktop/Test\\ Folder"
Alternatively
set thePath to "~/Desktop/Test Folder ABC"
if thePath starts with "~" then
set quotedPath to text 1 thru 2 of thePath & quoted form of (text 3 thru -1 of thePath)
else
set quotedPath to quoted form of thePath
end if
do shell script "mkdir -p " & quotedPath
Add POSIX file before the path to get a file object:
tell application "Finder"
set f to POSIX file "/Users/username/Documents/new.mp3"
if exists f then delete f
end tell
system attribute "HOME" is replaced with /Users/username:
set f to POSIX file ((system attribute "HOME") & "/Documents/new.mp3")
tell application "Finder" to if exists f then delete f
Or use the pre-OS X path format:
tell application "Finder"
set f to "Macintosh HD:Users:username:Documents:new.mp3"
-- set f to (path to documents folder as text) & "new.mp3"
if exists f then delete f
end tell
If your question is still:
"CREATE ONE (OR MORE) NONEXISTENT DIRECTORIES a completely different task?"
In order to manage my folders, I use those lines in the relevant case:
Create all the folders from "a" to "e". If folder "a" already exists then from "b" to "e". etc...
set mkdirFolder to "mkdir -p " & desktopPath & "a/b/c/d/e/"
do shell script mkdirFolder
Create a folder "a" if not exists and folders "b to e" at his top-level
set mkdirFolder to "mkdir -p " & desktopPath & "a/{b,c,d,e}/"
do shell script mkdirFolder
Create folder with a part of the name
-- (Note the single quotes round the space to mark it as part of the name.)
set mkdirFolder to "mkdir -p " & desktopPath & "a/Chapter' '{1,2,3,4}/"
do shell script mkdirFolder
result--> Folders "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2", "Chapter 3", and "Chapter 4" are created in folder "a"
You can find more informations here (Learn more about creating folder with "mkdir")
