Make Hazel move parent folder

[missdigital]

Hi!

I would like to create a rule to move a folder based on the contents of this folder. What I have so far, is this:

If Kind is Folder
Run rules on folder contents

Then a new rule

If name contains <some_characters>

Do the following:
move the parent/containing folder to a new location.

Is there a way to do this without using AppleScript?
As in Subfolder Depth is -1 or something?

I'm new to Hazel, so sorry if I'm asking something that is really obvious.
Thanks for helping!

[Mr_Noodle]

The bad news is that it does require AppleScript but the good news is that I've posted the script and you can use it as is: viewtopic.php?p=1545#p1545

That uses a mechanism I added to the AppleScript support where the script can re-target the file that Hazel will operate on in subsequent actions (in this case, the parent folder).

I will be adding a built-in way to do this in a future release.

[missdigital]

The bad news is that it does require AppleScript but the good news is that I've posted the script and you can use it as is: viewtopic.php?p=1545#p1545

That uses a mechanism I added to the AppleScript support where the script can re-target the file that Hazel will operate on in subsequent actions (in this case, the parent folder).

I will be adding a built-in way to do this in a future release.

Thank you. So where do I add this AppleScript code? Sorry, I'm very new to this...

ETA: Found it. Thanks!

[Mr_Noodle]

Select the "Run AppleScript" action, click "Edit script" and paste in the script from that article in there. No need to edit it. "theFile" is a variable that represents the file being processed at the time and gets replaced with the actual file when the script runs.

[missdigital]

Select the "Run AppleScript" action, click "Edit script" and paste in the script from that article in there. No need to edit it. "theFile" is a variable that represents the file being processed at the time and gets replaced with the actual file when the script runs.

Thank you! I just figured it out, and it works like a charm. I just love this program, it's worth every cent. When I get all my rules set up, it will save me hours of work.

[gcoghill]

I will be adding a built-in way to do this in a future release.

Has this been added or should we still use the AppleScript method?

[Mr_Noodle]

It's slated for 3.0 so for now, use the AppleScript.

[gcoghill]

Cool, thanks.

[papo]

can you please explain how to do this on 3.0?

[Mr_Noodle]

You need to think of it in the opposite fashion, from the top-down:

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If all of the following are true for any sub-file or folder
  Name contains <whatever>
Then
  Move <wherever>


Basically, if this folder has any subfiles with that name, then move the folder wherever.