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  • Subject: Invisibles
  • From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:16:10 -0500
I just ran this test script (as an application bundle) in Snow Leopard ...

set selfRef to (path to me)
tell application "Finder"
set locContainer to (container of selfRef) as alias
-- if exists item ".altarchive" of locContainer then -- THIS WORKS
if exists alias file ".altarchive" of locContainer then -- THIS FAILS
display dialog "Invisible file found."
else
display dialog "Can't find Invisible file."
end if
end tell

Notice that there are two versions. One works. One does not. If the Finder can "see" invisible files, then both should work.

Anyone know why there's a difference?

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