-- Looks for files in the download folder containing ".part" etc
-- and moves them to the trash
-- BP 2010
set exttolookfor to ".part"
set php to ".php"
set webpage to ".htm"
set testlook to ".xyz" -- <-- just used for testing
-- set prependedstr to " " <-- I prefer to just make em easy to find rather than moving to trah
set src to ((path to home folder) as text) & "Downloads"
--display dialog src
set filenames to {}
tell application "Finder"
copy ((name of every file of the folder src) as list) to filenames
set numfiles to the number of files in the folder src
--display dialog numfiles
set n to 1
repeat while n is less than or equal to numfiles
set oldnam to item n of filenames as string
if oldnam contains exttolookfor or oldnam contains php or oldnam contains webpage or oldnam contains testlook or oldnam starts with "showthread" or oldnam starts with "browse" then
--set newname to prependedstr & oldnam
--set the name of file oldnam of the folder src to newname
move file (src & ":" & oldnam) to trash
end if
set n to n + 1
end repeat
end tell
return
Oh dear, I failed to supply a complete solution to everyone's problems.
I use Firefox, don't care about safari.
If you want total automation, you'll need to work out conflict resolution yourself, or find someone else to do it for you.
Yeah, it's a starting point, that's all. The version I actually use includes a lot more file types, and fancier substring searches. As far as ignoring downloads in progress, you could probably prevent most problems by not moving anything to trash that's been modified in the last 12 hours. With a reasonable internet connection that should protect even most movie or OS downloads from premature trashing.
