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Re: Invisible files

Subject: Re: Invisible files
From: Bill Coderre <email@hidden>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:48:37 -0700

On Sep 15, 2006, at 11:26 AM, email@hidden wrote:

In my installer I have some files that I am copying using the "cp" command in a script. This seems to work fine in Tiger, but in Panther (10.3.9) these files are invisible in the Finder. I can see them using "ls" in the Terminal app. They become visible after I relaunch the Finder, or restart the Mac.

Any ideas on why these files are invisible, and how to make the files visible right away?

The Finder does not check folders of open windows to see if they had changed, as an intentional design decision. Until Tiger, the Finder was not notified when folders changed contents. Thus, the problem is there until Tiger.

There were a bunch of workarounds I saw, but the only ones I remember worked because the user did some stuff. I don't recall a trick that a program can do to convince the finder to update a folder window. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (email@hidden) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: This email sent to email@hidden References: >Displaying the Restart Dialog (From: Jeff Looman <email@hidden>) >Invisible files (From: email@hidden) Prev by Date: Invisible files Next by Date: Re: Invisible files Previous by thread: Invisible files Next by thread: Re: Invisible files Index(es): Date Thread