Re: Folder Action Vs Finder
Re: Folder Action Vs Finder
- Subject: Re: Folder Action Vs Finder
- From: Marconi <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 14:59:18 -0700
At 12:40 PM -0700 09/11/2002, bill fancher wrote:
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On Wednesday, September 11, 2002, at 12:17 PM, Marconi wrote:
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>Question regarding Folder actions and Finder...
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>If I drop a file named test.html onto a folder and that folder already has a "test.htmL" in it, will the Folder Action attached to that folder ever get a chance to see the dropped file? Or will the Finder pop up its "File already exists" alert?
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Why don't you just TRY it? Nothing like a little empirical investigation.
That was, of course my first thought. Then I looked at all I had to do today and decided to ask on the list because the first step in trying it is to write a folder action script that renames files... And I haven't done that for a few years now Since OS 9.x, when folder actions were supported. I'd have to figure out all over again the correct framework for a folder action script, plug in some renaming code and such, which may be a two-minute job for AS gurus, but not for yours truly. I use AS on an ad-hoc basis. I get interested in it when I think it can do me some good, and I ignore it other times, as long as it's working.
Basically, I'm trying to avoid spending a lot of time on something that any number of people on the AS list can tell me "Any fool knows THAT will never work!"
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It's usually faster than waiting for a reply in the mail.
But waiting for a reply is not all I have to do. I had a contract meeting with an ISP, I went to the post office, I installed a Motorola Canopy Subscriber Module on the mast up on my roof, and now I think I'll stop for breakfast, since I haven't eaten yet today.
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Testing it probably wouldn't have taken longer than writing the message in the first place. You would have had a definitive answer and some experience with folder action scripts as a bonus. Why take someone's word for it when you can find the TRUTH yourself? (I'm not holding out on you, I don't know the answer myself.)
I simply had an idea for something that could make my life easier and wondered "out loud" on the list whether it could work. If so, I'll invest the time to do it.
I'm not lazy or unimaginative, I'm just busy, really busy. And nowhere near as AS savvy as lots of people on the AS list.
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