[comp.sys.mac.system] Bug in Finder and/or THINK C project management

nick@cs.edinburgh.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) (10/15/90)

I have a fairly large application which I'm developing in THINK C.
It's too big to copy over onto a single floppy if the project file
contains compiled code, but it all fits if I remove the object code.
But, I can't remove the object code and then drag it to the floppy;
I get a complaint from the Finder that there isn't enough space. I
erase/eject the floppy - same problem. Doing a Get Info on the folder
on the hard disk shows that the size has dropped down, so it should
fit. Rebooting the Mac fixes the problem.

So, my guess is that something somewhere isn't marking, or noticing,
the drop in size of the project file and/or enclosing folder. The Finder
reports the drop in size, it seems, but still thinks there's too much
stuff to copy.

Not a crippling bug, to be sure, boyo, but an embarrassing one. I'd
be interested to know with whom the fault lies.

	Nick.

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Nick Rothwell,	Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh.
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