Folder Action AppleScript Question

btoth

Person that uses a Mac
I've figured out the basic events for Folder Action scripts. I wrote a script that prints out a list of the files that are moved to a folder. It works fine. However, what I've been trying to figure out for the last week is how to get the original paths of the files before they were put into the folder. I can't seem to figure this out. Is it possible to do this with folder actions? Or, can I somehow attach the script to the Finder and intercept it's events?
 
I don't think what your trying to do will work the way you describe - but you could probably fake it. What I mean is - make a droplet that users drop files onto - then the droplet can do the move to the folder - and record where they came from, and then the folder action can print out the list of files. There are probably ten ways you could go about doing this - the trick is finding the simplest way I guess.
 
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