• Adobe After Effects

  system.callSystem unable to reveal folder in Finder

  Posted by Mark Paterson on November 14, 2019 at 1:19 am

  I have a Terminal command which reveals in Finder the most recent modified folder on my Render Farm drive. This helps me to quickly locate and delete any frames if I need to re-render, etc. The command is…

  cd /Volumes/Render\ Farm/ && cd "$(\ls -1dt ./*/ | head -n 1)" && open "`pwd`"


  However, when I run the same command inside of an AE script, nothing happens. The folder is not displayed in Finder…

  myPanel.grp.group9.getRenderDir.onClick = function() {
var revealRenderDir = "cd /Volumes/Render\ Farm/ && cd \"$(ls -1dt ./*/ | head -n 1)\" && open \"`pwd`\"";
system.callSystem(revealRenderDir);
}

  Is there something I have done wrong? I believe I have correctly backslashed the quotes.

  As an alternative idea – is there another way to reveal the current render folder in Finder? Similar to how you can reveal the current project location with…

  myPanel.grp.group8.getAEP.onClick = function() {

  if(app.project.file !== null){
  var path = app.project.file.fsName;
  $.writeln(path);
  }

  var revealAEP = "open -R " + path;
system.callSystem(revealAEP);
}

  Mark Paterson replied 6 years, 6 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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