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Re: file rename occasionally fails last time through loop
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Re: file rename occasionally fails last time through loop


  • Subject: Re: file rename occasionally fails last time through loop
  • From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 12:35:00 +0200

At 1:59 PM -0700 06/05/03, Seth Tager wrote:
>I've written a script that generates and then renames
>multiple files in a loop (generate via FileMaker,
>rename via Finder). Sometimes, on the last time
>through the loop, the rename command will fail telling
>me only that the finder can't rename that file. (The
>file definitely doesn't exist before running the
>script) Any suggestion about fixing this

Did you try to apply Finder's "update" command before the critical line?

Emmanuel
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