Open an unspecifiable Folder with applescript

Question

I'm trying to write an AppleScript for a Keyboard Maestro Macro, which opens the pictures folder of a camera SD or CF Card in an existing Finder window. This is my current code, which opens the mounted Volume.

tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"
    set KMVarPath to get value of variable "path"
end tell



set the_string to "/Volumes/" & KMVarPath
set the_path to (POSIX file the_string) as string

tell application "Finder"
    activate
    if window 1 exists then
        set target of window 1 to the_path
    else
        reveal the_path
    end if
end tell

The problem is those folders are called ie 276ND2XS or 105ND800. I'd like to specify the 'suffix' (ND2XS/ND800) and open the folder with the highest 'prefix' number.

Is there a way to do that?

And for convenience, is there a way to check, whether the volume is an SD or CF Card? Or do I have to check via the name (NIKON D2XS / NIKON D800)?

pbell · Answer 1 · 2017-09-23T14:28:36.250

I suggest you to look for shell command : system_profiler SPStorageDataType You can use it in a "do shell script" command in your applescript. This command gives you, among others, the name all connected storage types (USD, SD card, hard drive), the mount point (example /volumes/myDisk), the physical drive device name and media name, and the protocol (USB, SATA, ATA,...). I don't have CF Card to test, but it should give you a way to detect. As example, When I use SD card, Media Name is "APPLE SD Card Reader Media".

Once you know the volume, you can get the folder with highest counter name with :

set the_path to choose folder -- this is just for my test ! replace by your path "Volumes:..." as alias

set the_Folder to ""
set the_Highest to 0
tell application "Finder"
set my_List to name of every folder in the_path whose (name contains "D2XS") or (name contains "ND800")
repeat with a_folder in my_List
    try
        set the_Num to (text 1 thru 3 of a_folder) as integer
    on error
        set the_Num to 0
    end try
    if the_Num > the_Highest then
        set the_Highest to the_Num
        set the_Folder to a_folder
    end if
end repeat
end tell

log "num=" & the_Num
log "fodler=" & (the_Folder)

Thanks for the information. But my main question was if i can somehow prompt the DCIM subfolder xxxND800 with the highes number. — payun, Sep 23 '17 at 08:16
Sorry, I misunderstood. I have updated my answer with small code to get highest folder number. Performance is OK as long as number of folders is reasonable (<200) — pbell, Sep 23 '17 at 14:29

Open an unspecifiable Folder with applescript

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