Invisible File
Invisible File
- Subject: Invisible File
- From: Gil Dawson <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2019 16:54:03 -0800
Using MacOS 10.11.6, Script Editor 2.8.2 and AppleScript 2.5,
I wish to create a new text file using, e.g.,
set QifFileName to "Gil's Data 2003-7 B4 House"
set TxtFilePath to QIFnListsFolder & QifFileName & ".txt"
try
close access POSIX file TxtFilePath
end try
open for access POSIX file TxtFilePath with write permission
write "Test Line" & return to POSIX file TxtFilePath starting at eof as text
close access POSIX file TxtFilePath
After executing this script, the file does not appear in the corresponding
Finder window.
Other files in the same folder are visible, just not this one.
Changing among the four Finder window views does not help,
nor does clicking on a different folder then back,
nor does opening a new Finder window then navigating to the folder.
I don't think it's a timing thing. The effect persists indefinitely.
The file exists in other aspects. For example,
An alias succeeds, as in:
on FileExists(POSIXFilePath)
set ItExists to false
try
alias POSIXFilePath
set ItExists to true
end try
return ItExists
end FileExists
The file does appear in the Open dialog for TextWrangler. I can open it, and
the text is there.
The TextWrangler Save As... dialog also sees it, and alerts ("already exists")
if I click Save.
If I choose Replace, then the file immediately appears in the Finder window.
Most curious. Any ideas?
--Gil
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