Don't process additional rules if

Hello!

I've checked around, but couldn't seem to find anything on this matter. However, is it possible to halt additional rules from processing depending on the results of a previous rule?

For example, if I have 3 rules created for a single folder, I'd like rule #1 to check for something and if it fails, it won't continue to process rule #2 or #3. Basically sending a halt/kill signal so that no further processing will happen. Is this possible?

Thanks!

How about having rule #1 check for the reverse of what you want and then using "Ignore file"? That will prevent any future processing.

Hmm, maybe I need to look at this from a different angle. What I'm trying to do is have Hazel ignore a subfolder if the folder contains a certain file extension.

For example, a subfolder might have the following files:

file.part
file.part2
file.rar

I have it set up to unrar based on the fact the subfolder hasn't been modified in the last few minutes which is working about 95% of the time, just trying to figure out a more concrete way to stop the unrar rule from executing if there's a .part present anywhere in the folder.

Hopefully that makes sense and isn't confusing!

To do that, hold down option while clicking the + button to create a new condition. That will create a nested condition. There, you will see a popup to specify the target of that condition. There, you can specify conditions to match against the folder's contents. The rule itself still applies to the folder though.