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Re: Can't get every document file of every folder of startup disk whose creator type = "MSIE"
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Re: Can't get every document file of every folder of startup disk whose creator type = "MSIE"


  • Subject: Re: Can't get every document file of every folder of startup disk whose creator type = "MSIE"
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:38:39 +1100
  • Thread-topic: Can't get every document file of every folder of startup disk whose creator type = "MSIE"

On 19/12/06 7:09 AM, "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden> wrote:

> Well, the Finder dictionary says nothing about being able to get the
> items of a folder satisfying a test.

It doesn't, but it should.

I suspect the OP is hoping for a recursive search, in which case he should
use "every document file of entire contents of ...". But that's going to run
into memory and/or timeout issues because of the number of files involved.

--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>


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