Folder Actions: Threat or menace
Folder Actions: Threat or menace
- Subject: Folder Actions: Threat or menace
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:27:32 EST
I posted a question like this on the macscrpt list and got some sympathy but
no real answer, so I thought I'd try it over here:
I want to attach a Folder Action to folder on our network. The script will
simply record the names and mod dates of files moving into the folder. The
folder has been locked to prevent its being deleted, moved or renamed, which
also apparently prevents a Folder Action from being attached. It appears that
we can unlock the folder, attach the script and relock the folder. It also
appears attachment is now permanently enabled, without unlocking the folder.
All of this makes our IT guys nervous (they're nervouse about AS in general).
They're wondering why Folder Actions needs move/delete/rename access to the
folder just to watch it. And I'm wondering, just out of curiosty, why the
first attachment seems to defeat the locking mechanism.