Have you updated to 10.4.3? This should not crash in that release.
jl
> I just wanted a quick test, if a file exists, but if I do something like:
>
> cmd = '[ test -f "/Volumes/DATA/test.txt" ]';
> alert(cmd);
> if (widget.system(cmd))
>
> DashboardClient crashes.(see below)
> I tried several variations, but nothing worked.
>
> What's the recommended way to see, if a file exists?
>
> andy
>
>
> Thread 0 Crashed:
> 0 com.apple.Foundation 0x928db258
> _NSAddExceptionHandlerForLock + 176
> 1 com.apple.AppKit 0x936811f8 _NSAppKitLock + 64
> 2 com.apple.AppKit 0x936840f4
> -[NSApplication(NSWindowCache) _findWindowUsingCache:] + 84
> 3 com.apple.AppKit 0x93681c74 _DPSNextEvent + 1264
> 4 com.apple.AppKit 0x936815c8 -[NSApplication
> nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 116
> 5 com.apple.AppKit 0x9367db0c -[NSApplication run] + 472
> 6 com.apple.dashboard.client 0x0001045c 0x1000 + 62556
> 7 com.apple.dashboard.client 0x0000298c 0x1000 + 6540
> 8 com.apple.dashboard.client 0x00002830 0x1000 + 6192
>
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