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Re: Finder freezes during a do shell script

At 8:26 PM -0500 25/04/04, Richard Covert wrote:
>If I build a shell command string as below, I can execute the command.
>But, the Finder freezes until the 'rar' command completes. I also get
>an AppleEvent timeout alert in my desktop.

I think Ken's solution will work, however I think that you could alternately - without changing your shell command - send it to an application that you don't care to be unresponsive. For instance you could make a stay-open applet, say "LengthyTasksServer.app" and do:

--------------- untested
tell app "LengthyTasksServer.app"
with timeout of 86400 -- 24 hours
do shell script [etc]
end
end
---------------

Emmanuel
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