Batch Resize to Fit Minimum Dimensions

I frequently need to resize multiple images (both horizontal and vertical) to have a common minimum dimension. Specifically I need all the images to be 3000 pixels on the short side. I am struggling to find a way to do this. I am comfortable using actions but I don't have experience writing my own scripts - which seems to be a lot more complicated than I had anticipated.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thank you much!

Normally when you resize an image you want to retain the image's aspect ratio so its not distorted.  You also normally want the resized image it to fit within some area like a display screen. Not a minimum # of pixel on a side.    You would have no idea what the other long side would be if the original image can have any aspect ratio.  For example your 3000 small side minimum might men you would have to increase the number of pixel an image has.  I just stitched 13 portrait oriented image from my old 5MP camera.  The resultant croped panorama hight was only 2300 pixels when I did you resize and increased the height to the minimum 3,000 pixels the width grew to over 22,000. 
Its the maximum length a side can be you want to use. Can be 3000 x 3000 area or something like a HDTV 1920 x 1080. they need not be the same.   The resize image maximum side will be the width or height set depending on the the aspect ratio of the image being resized.
Photoshop ships with a plug-in named "Fit Image" to do this.
With scripting is also possible to resize the image to fill the output area center the possible oversize image over the area  and mask off or crop off any excess. The result will look like a centered crop.  I do that in my Collage and image lay out scripts.  Results are not always good for Landscape compositions do not make good Portrait composition and portraits don't make good landscapes.  However center crops are sometime acceptable and the composition can be tweaked when done with masking.
Note here how Landscape into Portrait and Portrait into Landscape look.

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