Question

I have this script set up or rename my torrent folders, however it keeps giving me that weird finder error. It works when I don’t read it from a text file, but I need that so that I don’t need to select the folder all the time: Please help:

set read_folder to read (POSIX path of "/.torrentcleanup-prefs.txt") as text
set autofolder to (POSIX file read_folder)
set folderlist to ("")
tell application "Finder" to set folderlist to (get name of folders of folder autofolder)
repeat with i in folderlist
    set dfilepath to (POSIX path of ((autofolder & i) as text))
    set dfoldername to quoted form of POSIX path of dfilepath
    set dfolder to i
    set dmovie to quoted form of (text 1 thru ((length of dfolder) - 7) of dfolder as text)
    try
        do shell script "cd " & dfoldername & "; mv ./*.mkv ../" & dmovie & ".mkv"
    end try
    try
        do shell script "cd " & dfoldername & "; mv ./*.mp4 ../" & dmovie & ".mp4"
    end try
    do shell script "rm -r " & dfoldername & ""
end repeat

By the Way, the contents of “/.torrentcleanup-prefs.txt” is:

/Users/student/Desktop/FIX ME NOW/Test Folder/

Answer 1

I didn’t look at your whole script but you’re reading the file wrong in the first line. You need to do it like this. So replace your first line with these two…

set myFile to "/.torrentcleanup-prefs.txt"
set read_folder to read (POSIX file myFile)