Re: subtle gotcha in 10.3.3 Finder copying on networked disk
Re: subtle gotcha in 10.3.3 Finder copying on networked disk
- Subject: Re: subtle gotcha in 10.3.3 Finder copying on networked disk
- From: "Charles Arthur, UKClimbing Editor" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 21:02:37 +0000
Hi all..
At 10:05 am -0800 21/3/04, Andrew Oliver wrote:
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Mounted volumes always appear as local as far as rsync is concerned.
Good to know. Thanks.
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One other observation regarding your script is that I would change the
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command ordering such that instead of:
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> duplicate selection to folder "Edhns" of folder "Desks" of folder "Indy
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>Home"
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of item "Daily News"
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> set theselection to selection
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> set label index of item 1 of theselection to 6
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you:
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> set theselection to selection
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> duplicate theselection to folder "Edhns" of folder "Desks" of folder "Indy
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Home" of item "Daily News
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> set label index of item 1 of theselection to 6
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In this latter case you're storing the current selecting in a variable and
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always referencing that.
Have you tested this? I just ask because I suspect that I did it in this
way because I couldn't get the Finder to do it otherwise.
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The subtle difference is only apparent if the
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selection changes during the duplication
A good point, if it's applicable as above.
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An alternative option would be to make the script a droplet so that you
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could drop the files onto the script icon and have them copied
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appropriately. This can be even more reliable than the 'selection' option.
In my experience, dragging stuff to droplets is *far* more prone to error
than one where you select something and then do a keyboard combo. Files
dropped in the wrong place, and all sorts of things. It's perhaps just a
personal thing.
Charles
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