A cleaner post: Folders are multiplying like rabbits...
A cleaner post: Folders are multiplying like rabbits...
- Subject: A cleaner post: Folders are multiplying like rabbits...
- From: David Jacopille <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:51:47 -0400
Hopefully this is a cleaner post:
I've got an interesting issue with folder "virtually" multiplying when
I execute some specific code. I've attached the screen shot of what
that looks like - I've had up to "thousands" of the folder "EDP
Production" in the same directory.
Here is the pertinent code - the last line is when the folder
multiplies. Replacing "item" with "folder" has no effect.
set mfsChartTextFolders to {,
"SILVER:EDP PRODUCTION:Chart Text Files:Hypo Charts
2003:FamilyFunds:Bond:10+ Year:", ,
"SILVER:EDP PRODUCTION:Chart Text Files:Hypo Charts
2003:FamilyFunds:Bond:3-10 Year:"}
repeat with counter from (count of mfsChartTextFolders) to 1 by -1
set hypoFolder to item counter of mfsChartTextFolders
tell application "Finder"
set _folder to item hypoFolder
Here are the symptoms - 100% reproducible on three different computers
from 10.2.6 to 10.3 (7B68)
1. Only the folder "EDP Production" is virtually duplicating. The
substructure of each "EDP Production" folder contains exactly one copy
of the expected files and folders.
2. Silver is a share on a Windows 2000 server with Macintosh services
turned on and the share is mounted via afp. The server has been in
service for several years and has no quirks that I'm aware of. It
makes no difference if the server is mounted automatically or manually.
3. The folders are not "real" - they don't take any more space on the
server, they don't appear on anyone's machine but the one running the
script
4. The virtual folders all work in that you can open any up and
copy/modify/etc.
5. The Finder seems to catch on that it has been duped if you open up
the parent directory after a significant duration of time - maybe a few
hours - in that it will drop the older virtual folders (but not the
ones generated recently).
6. Running ls -la on /Volumes/SILVER/ shows exactly one "EDP
Production" folder with no other clue of their being an anomaly in the
Finder.
Thanks,
David Jacopille
MFS
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