Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!bbn.com!nic!news.cs.brandeis.edu!chaos.cs.brandeis.edu!aland From: aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Locked folders under Multifinder Message-ID: Date: 5 May 91 19:33:47 GMT References: Sender: usenet@news.cs.brandeis.edu Distribution: comp Organization: Brandeis University Lines: 25 barvian@ece.cmu.edu (Scott Barvian) writes: >I have been having a problem that is similar to the "Folder From Hell" >problem. The best way to describe it is with an example: >Suppose I download a program that, after unstuffing, puts the application/init >or whatever and a TeachText doc file in its own folder. I then open the >doc file, browse it, close the file (but not quit TeachText) and decide to >trash the whole folder. When I try to empty the trash, I get the message >The Trash couldn't be emptied (a file was busy or a folder was not empty). [etc...] This is a valid problem... If you have recently accessed a file from a folder, you can't delete the folder. Most applications have this "feature." It has something to do with the file pointers which the SF dialog box keeps.... I'm not much of a Mac programmer, so I can't give details, but I've noticed the problem and just live with it. -=Alan -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Who, me? Nope, I didn't say that. Must have been my evil twin Who am I? aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu Where am I? Brandeis University Box 3130 Waltham, MA 02254-9110