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Article #26938Re: Odd Finder bug...
From: Ken Cooper
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1988 19:51
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1988 19:51
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In article <3845@super.upenn.edu> hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Josh Hodas) writes: >I recently ran into a queer thing on my system. After transfering the contents >of a folder to various other folders I attempted to toss the now empty folder. >The Finder refused, saying it was busy/locked, though getinfo returned that >it had 0 items in it. I had this same problem, though I didn't look into it as thoroughly as you. Out of desperation (I was working on a friend's machine at work, and didn't want to leave tracks), shooting in the dark, I placed a file in this folder, and then finder had no problem with it. I was a happy camper. I'd also be interested in a clarification of this. Ken Cooper ARPA: cooper%cs@ucsd.edu UUCP: ...!ucsd!sdcsvax!cooper COMPUSERVE: 71571,407
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!ucsd!sdcsvax!thor!cooper From: cooper@thor.ucsd.edu (Ken Cooper) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Odd Finder bug... Message-ID: <4824@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Date: 31 Mar 88 19:51:54 GMT References: <3845@super.upenn.edu> Sender: nobody@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU Reply-To: cooper@thor.UUCP (Ken Cooper) Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 16