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Re: Can I rename a file?



On 10/1/05 1:25 AM, Patrick McClaughry didst favor us with:

> To tell the truth I do not know, but I'll try to find out and post
> what I find.

That would be great. Thanks. BTW, that was supposed to say "My application
lets people *set* the name-locked bit." There isn't any point in letting
them set an obsolete bit, hence my question.

FWIW, my vote is for the Finder to respect that bit. ;-)

Larry

> \pat
> 
> On Sep 30, 2005, at 6:27 PM, Laurence Harris wrote:
> 
>> On 9/30/05 1:15 PM, Patrick McClaughry didst favor us with:
>> 
>>> That's a great question. From my reading of DesktopServices, no, the
>>> name-lock Finder flag is no longer consulted under X. Note that I
>>> didn't try this first hand yet though.
>> 
>> The Finder ignores it. Is this a bug, another classic feature  that's been
>> quietly dropped, or one of those "we haven't decided what to do  about it"
>> issues? I'm not just asking out of curiosity. My application let's  people
>> see the name-locked bit, but if it's been declared permanently
>> deprecated/obsolete I want to remove that from my application.
>> 
>> Larry
> 

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