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Re: Event listener plug-in for Finder - does such a thing exist?
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Re: Event listener plug-in for Finder - does such a thing exist?


  • Subject: Re: Event listener plug-in for Finder - does such a thing exist?
  • From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 03:23:42 -0700

On 2007-05-16, at 02:22:19, Richard Rönnbäck wrote:

I am looking for a way to invoke scripts when a user do certain things in/via the Finder, such as moving, duplicating, renaming, deleting a file etc.

Is there such a thing as a Finder plugin that would allow you to do this, or is there any other viable way to achieve the same thing?

I am afraid having helper scripts/applets to move/delete etc is ruled out, the users have to be able to use the Finder the way they always have

All suggestions highly appreciated

I think the closest thing at the AppleScript level to what you want is Folder Action scripts. Start by enabling them with AppleScript Utility.app and look in /Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts for examples. It's probably best if you adapt your requirements to Folder Actions.


At the unix level, you could perhaps run 'lsof' continuously through an 'expect' script and get a lot of info.

To see what you're really up against, see the thread "Re: Info needed for File System Development" on the darwin kernel list (just came up within the last 3 weeks).


Philip Aker email@hidden


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