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Re: Finder Copy to 'Cleanup At Startup' Folder in Leopard
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Re: Finder Copy to 'Cleanup At Startup' Folder in Leopard


  • Subject: Re: Finder Copy to 'Cleanup At Startup' Folder in Leopard
  • From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:19:53 -0800

On 2008-11-23, at 15:42:24, Jeffrey Berman (jberman) wrote:

Good question. Because of the increasing restrictions due to the aggressive
security policies being put in place lately, I wouldn't be surprised.
The following works form me on Leopard. I expect it will work on Tiger (but
have not tested directly):



set garbage to POSIX path of ((path to desktop as text) & "garbage")
set flnt to POSIX path of (path to "flnt")
do shell script "mv -f " & quoted form of garbage & space & quoted form of flnt

However, I was wondering whether this is a known limitation with AppleScript in Leopard. Anyone know?

I don't know for sure by any official channel, but I think I see the problem.


If I create a folder on my desktop named ".bob" (i.e. it's invisible) and try to move any old file into it via the Finder, it fails even though the alias is valid (because I can do 'info for' on the alias). The "flnt" folder is also invisible (although marked as such by a different mechanism). Therefore Leopard Finder chokes on invisible folders. If the behavior worked in Tiger but now doesn't on Leopard, I think it's a bug <https://bugreport.apple.com/>.

Philip Aker
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