Applescript Empty trash then Logout

[mitchmac24]

I've been trying to come up with an applescript to "secure empty" my trash then log me out. I eventually plan on having it work automatically at periodic times during the day, but I'm not worried about that right now. I used the "if" and "repeat" parts of it, because other wise I would just get a message saying it couldn't logout because the trash was still emptying.

--Trash
tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Finder"
set frontmost to true
click menu item 7 of menu "Finder" of menu bar item "Finder" of menu bar 1
keystroke return
end tell

tell application "Finder"
set Count_Trash_Items to count of items of trash
if (Count_Trash_Items = 0) then
display dialog "Logging out now" giving up after 2
else
repeat until Count_Trash_Items is equal to 0
end repeat
end if
end tell

--Log Out
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "Q" using {command down, option down, shift down}
end tell


It does secure empty the trash, but after that it just runs endlessly without giving a dialogue or logging me out. I would greatly appreciate any help in figuring out what is wrong with this. Thanks

[alastor933]

It runs endlessly because Count_Trash_Items is not re-evaluated while repeating. This should work:

repeat until Count_Trash_Items is equal to 0
    set Count_Trash_Items to count items of trash
    delay 0.1
end repeat

The delay keeps the # of repeats at a digestible level.

[sojourner]

tell app "finder"
	empty trash security true
	set count_trash_items to count of items of trash
repeat until (count (every file in trash)) = 0
	delay 1.6 -- or however many seconds you want to it to loop
end repeat
end tell

tell app "system events" to log out keystroke "Q" using {command down, option down, shift down}