Re: Odd Finder Behavior
Re: Odd Finder Behavior
- Subject: Re: Odd Finder Behavior
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 17:28:44 +1100
- Thread-topic: Odd Finder Behavior
On 2/12/06 11:29 AM, "Stockly, Ed" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Once the script runs and finds files, downloads and deletes them, it no longer
> sees new files dropped into the directory. If a user opens the directory's
> window on the mac running the script, the user cannot see the new files. If a
> user opens the same directory's window on another mac that has the volume
> mounted, the files are visible on the other mac, but still not visible on the
> mac running the script.
>
> On the mac where the script is running, if the user creates a new folder
> inside the directory, all the files become visible to the user and the script.
> (In fact, the work around in the script is to tell the finder to make a new
> folder and then delete it.)
I've seen something similar, only the server was a Windows box. The
workaround I used was to skip the Finder and use ls via do shell script to
check for new files. That may or may not be practical in your situation,
depending on what you're doing with the files.
--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
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