Trash-emptying bug in new system software?

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From: Julian Vrieslander
Date: Fri, 29 May 1987 05:31

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Just encountered a weird little bug in the new system (System 4.1, Finder 5.5).
I dragged an empty folder into the trash, selected "Empty Trash" and a dialog
appears saying "Couldn't empty the trash (a file was busy or a folder is not
empty)."  I clicked OK (the only choice) and the folder jumped out of the trash
and returned to its original position.

Well, there was nothing else in the trash and the folder *was* empty (not even
any invisible files - I checked).  Why should the system software care whether a
folder that you want to delete is empty?

Anyway, I managed to delete the folder using DiskTop, but this glitch is
puzzling.  System 3.2/Finder 5.3 was prone to displaying "Could not empty the
trash" messages, but in all the cases that I remember, the messages were red
herrings, and the deletions worked.  Looks like that "feature" has been
enhanced.
 


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From: eacj@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Julian Vrieslander)
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Subject: Trash-emptying bug in new system software?
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Date: Fri, 29-May-87 01:31:58 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 29 01:31:58 1987
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Keywords: System, Finder, trash