Script Failure

[Spydi]

I just updated to 2.3.5 (v623) and I'm getting a script error now on one of my rules. The script reads as follows:

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xattr -d com.apple.quarantine "$1"

It wasn't giving me issues before, but I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions.

Thanks.

[Mr_Noodle]

What kind of error are you getting in the log? Is it happening on a particular file or across the board?

[Spydi]

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2009-12-21 17:55:51.584 hazelfolderwatch[719] selected_files_20091217-201549.nzb: Rule nzb matched.
xattr: /Users/echernuka/Downloads/selected_files_20091217-201549.nzb: No such xattr: com.apple.quarantine
2009-12-21 17:55:51.651 hazelfolderwatch[719] [Error] Shell script failed: Error processing shell script on file /Users/echernuka/Downloads/selected_files_20091217-201549.nzb

Its happening only on nzb files currently since thats its the only filetype I'm referencing in my rule.

[Mr_Noodle]

It looks like the xattr command is bailing because the quaratine extended attribute doesn't exist. This doesn't have anything to do with the ugprade. I suspect it's just a coincidence and that you just didn't run into this case until after the upgrade.

You can jigger the script to return success regardless of whether the xattr command succeeds. This may mask other errors in the future though. To do it, just do a script like:

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xattr -d com.apple.quarantine "$1"
exit 0


The better way to do it is run 'xattr' to see what attributes are there then only delete it if is exists. Something like:

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#!/bin/sh

attr="com.apple.quarantine"
output=`xattr "$1" | grep "$attr"`

if [ -n "$output" ]; then
    xattr -d "$attr" "$1"
fi


Give one of those a try.

[Spydi]

Mr. Noodle,

Thanks so much. The 2nd version with the if statement seems to have cleared up the issue completely and now it runs uninterrupted again.