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Re: error code 2 when renaming file
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Re: error code 2 when renaming file


  • Subject: Re: error code 2 when renaming file
  • From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 21:38:20 +0100

At 12:05 PM -0800 07/12/04, Andrew Oliver wrote:
On 12/7/04 11:22 AM, "Craig Knelsen" <email@hidden> wrote:

 I'm attempting to rename a file (backing it up before updating) similar
 to the following:

[snip]

It works most of the time but I sometimes get an error message "The operation could not be completed (2)"

 Ok, so why? The Finder might as well have told me "not today". How can
 I get more information on the root cause?


The commonest cause of failure for file renaming is an existing file with the target file name.

Wouldn't Craig get "a file with that name already exists" rather than the cryptic message then?


Emmanuel
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