move a file in finder with applescript

applescript finder
JamesTheVth picture JamesTheVth · Dec 27, 2012 · Viewed 19.8k times · Source

I just want to move an image from one folder to the other, replacing the one that's already in there:

tell application "Finder"
      copy file "/Users/xx/Documents/img.jpg" to folder "/Users/xx/Documents/State"
   end tell

When I run it, I get an error message saying

Finder got an error: Can’t set folder [path] to file [path]"."number -10006 from folder [path]

Please help me!

Answer

adayzdone picture adayzdone · Dec 27, 2012

Try:

tell application "Finder"
    duplicate POSIX file "/Users/xx/Documents/img.jpg" to POSIX file "/Users/xx/Documents/State" with replacing
end tell

Or

tell application "Finder"
    move POSIX file "/Users/xx/Documents/img.jpg" to POSIX file "/Users/xx/Documents/State" with replacing
end tell

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