Need help with 'simple' compress and move new file

Hi there,

I already tried different things with Hazel, but one of my main usage for me does not work until now. I want to compress certain files and move them to a different directory. Sounds simple? Well I thought it was, but it isn't or I am not seeing things through

I have a folder, lets call it 'Test'. Underneath Test we have several folders called 1,2,3,4 and 5. I am watching the folder Test and set up a rule to execute a shell script that compresses a file if it was added to one of those five folders today. What happens now is that Hazel matches the file in folder 5, but does not compress only that file but also tries to compress the whole folder 5. How can I tell Hazel that it should process only the matched file?

Also I get the following error with my script...it runs fine running manually from Terminal.app though.

Code: Select all: 2012-08-25 21:54:34.355 hazelworker[14960] [Error] Shell script failed: Error processing shell script on file /Test/5. 2012-08-25 21:54:34.355 hazelworker[14960] Shellscript exited with non-successful status code: 1

Anybody knows a way around this? Help would be much appreciated!

Can't tell anything without the script... please post.

/Applications/BetterZip.app/Contents/Resources/7z a -mx0 -mhe -pTEST Latest.7z $1

That is the script that is beeing included in Hazel.

Put quotes around your $1 and it will likely work.

Okay. I'll try that. But the more important thing is my other problem with the whole folder being matched and not just the file being added...

What is your rule?

Do you exclude folders from being matched like this:

Code: Select all: if (all) of the following conditions are met for the (file or folder) kind IS NOT folder .... Do the following: ....

I'll actually match folder or sub-folder, because the newly added files are within a subfolder of /Test/...

Code: Select all: if (all) of the following conditions are met for (any of its sub-file or folders) kind IS NOT folder date addes is today name starts with SOMETHING .... Do the following: run shell script (the one from above) ....

Your method will perform the way you describe. When you match (to subfolder), the file that is being processed is not the content of the subfolder, rather it is the parent folder that contains the matching file.

Example:

/Test/1/SOMETHINGMyNewFile.txt

With your rule:

Code: Select all: if (all) of the following conditions are met for (any of its sub-file or folders) kind IS NOT folder date addes is today name starts with SOMETHING

Will perform compression on Folder 1 because you have asked Hazel this: "Every time folder 1 has a new SOMETHING file, compress Folder 1.

What you want to do is have Hazel do this: "Every time folder 1,2,3,... has a new SOMETHING file, compress that file"

I would use a Run Rules on Folder Contents setup for this and keep your rules in check by using subfolder depth conditions. There are dozens of examples of how to do this on the forum.

Or, in the alternative, if you only have five folders, just make five simple rules for five monitor folders.

Hey, almost there! Run on folder contents compresses ALL the folder contents...now I am only looking for a way to compress just the one file that was added today...

Make sure that your rules are now "file or folder being matched" too.

If I change to that, no files are being matched anymore...but that should be the case, since my newly added files are in the subfolders 1,2,3,etc...

... and when you do add a file? does it work?

No, with "file or folder being matched" nothing gets matched, because there is no file being added right next to the folders, just inside...I'll try some different stuff with nesting tomorrow. Thanks for your help m8!

I'm not sure I understand how you've written these rules. I'll do a test folder and attach some rules in about 15 minutes.