Import and Copy files automatically

Several years back I lost several photos using iPhoto because while it imported the image, the files copied into the iPhoto library were corrupted during the import process. To prevent that from happening to me again I wrote an applescript that would ask for a name of the roll (or event) then import the photos into iPhoto and then create and copy the photos into a folder of the same name on a backup drive. I now had two independent copies of the image in case one copy process went bad.
Now on Aperture, I am looking for a plugin that does the same thing for Aperture as the script I wrote for iPhoto. Although I am fairly certain I came across the plugin before, I can't find it now.
Any help in locating it or any other ideas would be appreciated.

Hi Vadim,
Thanks, isn't %SELECTION% passed to the process chain? I see that the process chain RUN LOGIC contains a field SELECTION. If the value is passed, then I have to change that too?
2) If we change the value to SELECTION2, then how does this variable capture the parameters for the dimensions? I am commenting out the prompt of the copy opening script keeping the first prompt below from the import from BW in order to capture the parameters for both scripts.
PROMPT(INFOPROVIDERSELECTION,%InforProvide%,%SELECTION%,"Please select the InfoProvider
and set selection (InfoProvider list is restricted by both
BW and BPC authority)",,)
Thanks
Eyal

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We want to create one data manager package that contains both import from BW with UI and copy opening. We ran into some issues. Maybe you can help:
We created a new process chain that contains both tasks, and created a new DM package that has both scripts. Users only want to enter parameters such as entity and time one time for both tasks...
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PROMPT(INFOPROVIDERSELECTION,%InforProvide%,%SELECTION%,"Please select the InfoProvider
and set selection (InfoProvider list is restricted by both
BW and BPC authority)",,)
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Hi Vadim,
Thanks, isn't %SELECTION% passed to the process chain? I see that the process chain RUN LOGIC contains a field SELECTION. If the value is passed, then I have to change that too?
2) If we change the value to SELECTION2, then how does this variable capture the parameters for the dimensions? I am commenting out the prompt of the copy opening script keeping the first prompt below from the import from BW in order to capture the parameters for both scripts.
PROMPT(INFOPROVIDERSELECTION,%InforProvide%,%SELECTION%,"Please select the InfoProvider
and set selection (InfoProvider list is restricted by both
BW and BPC authority)",,)
Thanks
Eyal

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Hi -
All right - I completely understand the significance of this command. Love that I can use iPhoto simply as a browser to run through all my pictures; however, if I choose not to Copy the Files on to iPhoto, how do I manually put the pictures somewhere else? Right now my iPhoto automatically pops open when I plug in my Canon. I looked in Preferences and didn't notice anything there.
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Grace
If you think
I can use iPhoto simply as a browser to run through all my pictures
then you don’t
completely understand the significance of this command
iPhoto is not an image viewer. There are many image viewers for the Mac. Search on MacUpdate. The great thing about these is that they simply show you the contents of a folder of images.
That’s not iPhoto. It’s a database. Images still have to be imported to it, they will still be indexed and - more importantly - once imported you get a lot of disadvantages and few advantages of iPhoto.
If you want to move your pics from the Camera to your own folders: use Image Capture. It’s in your Applications Folder.
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1. Import and deleting pics are more complex procedures
2. You cannot move or rename the files on your system or iPhoto will lose track of them on systems prior to 10.5 and iPhoto 08. Even with the later versions issues can still arise if you move the referenced files to new volumes or between volumes.
3. Most importantly, migrating to a new disk or computer can be much more complex.
Always allowing for personal preference, I've yet to see a good reason to run iPhoto in referenced mode unless you're using two photo organisers.
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find:
if they exist in folder x
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else
output an error messege to txt file.
What would the most efficient way to do this be?In a loop just read and write each file. If it does not exist, print an error.
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I know this cant be the most efficient way. More efficient way, don't do it at all.
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From the file menu, user selected, you should get option a (always). From the actions panel you should get option a or b. From scripting you can get all three options.
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