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Re: Copy file across volumes
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Re: Copy file across volumes


  • Subject: Re: Copy file across volumes
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:22:37 +1000
  • Thread-topic: Copy file across volumes

On 29/7/05 1:25 AM, "Gary (Lists)" <email@hidden> wrote:

> tell app "Finder" -- to do some copying with 'f'
> ...
> repeat until busy status of (get info for f) is false
>     -- wait, twiddle thumbs
> end repeat
>
> OR
>
> repeat while busy status of (get info for f) is true
>     -- wait, twiddle thumbs
> end repeat
>
> Both of those repeat formats work for me, X.3.9.

FWIW, I've found "busy status" unreliable in all version of OS X.

--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>



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