Sorting files based on type

Question

So I wanted to make an automator that watches a folder and when a file is added it should quickly sort it into one of my other foldrs based on its extension.so if its a pdf it should go into folder "pdf".
I thought I could be smart and instead of making a workflow for each filetype I can have automator find the extension and move the file into that extension folder.
i thought I could call an apple script that will return the extension name.
Im having trouble it wont work passed the applscript step
....anyone know what I can do?
i pass the file into my applescript:
on run {input, var1}
set var1 to (get name extension of file "input")
return var1
end run
and it says it cant get input?
Message was edited by: shamguy4

Answer 1

In the *Run AppleScript* action's run handler statement:on run {input, parameters}
the input parameter variable is a list of the items passed to the action, and the parameters parameter variable is a list of the parameters of the *Run AppleScript* action itself (the action's user interface - e.g. the source text of the script, if it ignores input, etc). Typically you just loop through the input list:on run {input, parameters}
repeat with anItem in the input
-- do something with the item
end repeat
return input -- or return the results of your script (for the next action)
end run