Re: Down grading from 10.3.9 to 10.2.8
Re: Down grading from 10.3.9 to 10.2.8
- Subject: Re: Down grading from 10.3.9 to 10.2.8
- From: Tod Hallberg <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:45:00 -0500
- Thread-topic: Down grading from 10.3.9 to 10.2.8
Thanks for all the suggestions. I ended up using cpMac. I just couldn't
figure out how to install it. I originally thought it installed when you
installed the dev kit, but nothing was working and I did a little research
and found the info I needed. I also used the path to home -11 characters
to get where I want to go.
Thanx
tod
> From: Scott Babcock <email@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:44:57 -0700
> To: <email@hidden>
> Conversation: Down grading from 10.3.9 to 10.2.8
> Subject: RE: Down grading from 10.3.9 to 10.2.8
>
> Regarding 'cp' mangling files: This may relate the discussion about
> forked files. The 'cp' utility only copies the data fork. If you need to
> copy forked files with shell code, you can use the 'ditto' utility
> instead. This utility also lets you store forked files on file systems
> that don't directly support them, using a format called AppleDouble.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:23:37 +1000
> From: Malcolm Fitzgerald <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Down grading from 10.3.9 to 10.2.8
> To: Tod Hallberg <email@hidden>, applescript users
> <email@hidden>
> Message-ID: <email@hidden>
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>
>> The 10.2.8 Finder duplicate will not work the usual way, the only way
>> I can
>> get it to work is by leaving off the to <location> to save. So the
>> only
>> place it duplicates is in it's own folder. While this is ok when I am
>> coping and moving to the same HD, but I need to duplicate the file to
> a
>> different network drive. The shell command CP mangles the file in
>> some way
>> and makes it unusable.
>> The path to current users only shows raw events and doesn't work at
> run
>> time.
>> Path to Documents shows raw events also, but that command still works,
>
>> so I
>> just use: <sudo code>
>> Set foo to characters 1 thru -10 of (path to documents folder)
>>
>
> I'd go the other way: build the script on 10.2 and move it to 10.3.
> That's the way the Apple Engineers would have done their testing. If it
> works on the earlier one, odds are much higher that it will work on the
> newer one without change.
>
> The other thing is to be pragmatic: do what works. If Finder's
> duplicate duplicates in the same spot then use that modus operandi. You
> just have to do a duplicate, then a move. That's the way the finder
> works when you use it manually so I suspect that the "to location" is a
> clever add-on made afterwards. Also, I seem to remember something about
> a problem copying/duplicating across drives in earlier systems.
>
> A shell alternative is ditto. Read the man pages and use the -rsrcFork
> option to ensure that you carry everything with you. If you have
> developer tools installed you can use cpMac on the commandline too.
>
> There are list of raw codes, which correspond to different system
> folders, on your system I believe. Chris Nebel has published the
> location on this list a few times so you should be able to google the
> archives.
>
> good luck
>
> Malcolm Fitzgerald
>
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