eacj@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Julian Vrieslander) (05/29/87)
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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Julian Vrieslander (607) 255-3594
Neurobiology & Behavior, W250 Mudd Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853
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ARPA: eacj@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu BITNET: eacj@CRNgangansteig@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark J. Steiglitz) (06/01/87)
In article <1188@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> eacj@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu.UUCP (Julian Vrieslander) writes: >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. When using System 3.2/Finder 5.3, I often had this problem. I attempted to delete empty folders, and when emptying the trash, I got the same message. The folder appeared to be deleted, but after unmounting and reinserting the disk, the empty folders appeared, and I was then able to delete them normally. This problem occurred only when I was using certain DAs, such as miniWRITER, and I assumed that the reason was that the DA had created a working directory reference that the Finder didn't know about. Does anyone know if this is correct? -- |Mark J. Steiglitz |Bitnet: steig@crnlthry, araj@crnlvax5 | |USnail: 66 Steiglitz Road |Arpanet: steig@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu | | Liberty, NY 12754 | araj@vax5.ccs.cornell.edu | | |Usenet: steig@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu.uucp