Re: Folder Actions technical questions
Re: Folder Actions technical questions
- Subject: Re: Folder Actions technical questions
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 10:35:05 -0600
- Thread-topic: Folder Actions technical questions
On 4/2/06 06:38, "Adam Bell" <email@hidden> wrote:
> I too have found FAs to be less than reliable for any application except
> direct drag and drop of a file to the folder or the folder's window. These are
> both actions that require the Finder's "attention", so they get processed.
> We've all had the experience of the Finder not noticing activities that didn't
> require its direct action.
>
> Write a simple FA and move a file to it using a shell script mv command and it
> might not notice. Same with files FTP'd to it. Occasionally, the FA doesn't
> fire. Further problems arise if a large collection of files are dropped
> together on the FA folder. To name just one difficulty, the order in which
> those files will be processed seems indeterminate. I tend to stick to idle
> scripts to watch such folders. You obviously cannot change the name of a file
> that is dropped on the folder unless you do something to prevent the FA from
> firing again with the now "new" file.
The finder has nothing to do with folder actions, that's all system events,
and system events was, especially in panther, on the buggy side. It also
definitely has issues with not being able to tell when a file's done moving,
so you have to write your own handler for that.
--
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likely to carve out a big slice of the U.S. market for itself."
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