Folders are multiplying like rabbits...
Folders are multiplying like rabbits...
- Subject: Folders are multiplying like rabbits...
- From: David Jacopille <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 14:55:27 -0400
I've got an interesting issue with folder "virtually" multiplying when=20=
I execute some specific code. I've attached the screen shot of what=20
that looks like - I've had up to "thousands" of the folder "EDP=20
Production" in the same directory.
Here is the pertinent code - the last line is when the folder=20
multiplies. Replacing "item" with "folder" has no effect.
set mfsChartTextFolders to {=AC
"SILVER:EDP PRODUCTION:Chart Text Files:Hypo Charts=20
2003:FamilyFunds:Bond:10+ Year:", =AC
"SILVER:EDP PRODUCTION:Chart Text Files:Hypo Charts=20
2003:FamilyFunds:Bond:3-10 Year:"}
repeat with counter from (count of mfsChartTextFolders) to 1 by -1
=09
set hypoFolder to item counter of mfsChartTextFolders
=09
tell application "Finder"
set _folder to item hypoFolder
Here are the symptoms - 100% reproducible on three different computers=20=
from 10.2.6 to 10.3 (7B68)
1. Only the folder "EDP Production" is virtually duplicating. The=20
substructure of each "EDP Production" folder contains exactly one copy=20=
of the expected files and folders.
2. Silver is a share on a Windows 2000 server with Macintosh services=20=
turned on and the share is mounted via afp. The server has been in=20
service for several years and has no quirks that I'm aware of. It=20
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=20=
server, they don't appear on anyone's machine but the one running the=20
script
4. The virtual folders all work in that you can open any up and=20
copy/modify/etc.
5. The Finder seems to catch on that it has been duped if you open up=20=
the parent directory after a significant duration of time - maybe a few=20=
hours - in that it will drop the older virtual folders (but not the=20
ones generated recently).
6. Running ls -la on /Volumes/SILVER/ shows exactly one "EDP=20
Production" folder with no other clue of their being an anomaly in the=20=
Finder.
Thanks,
David Jacopille
MFS
[demime 0.98b removed an attachment of type application/pdf which had a name of Picture of Lots of EDP Production.pdf]
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