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From: borton@sdcc3.UUCP (Chris Borton)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: How do you clear the "File Busy" bit?
Message-ID: <3158@sdcc3.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 2-Feb-86 20:33:07 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  2 20:33:07 1986
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Reply-To: borton@sdcc3.UUCP (Chris Borton)
Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center
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Thank you to all the people that sent replies on how to clear the "File Busy"
bit.  The consensus was to drag it to the trash can with BOTH the option and
the command keys down.  (I had tried option but not both)  The operation was
successful.

It brings up a different question, though, about why ResEd pretended to clear
the bit in 0.8 (and didn't actually) and wouldn't allow it in 1.0 D4.  Both
versions pretended to delete the file but didn't actually.  Is the "File
Busy" bit so sacred that even the hacker's ResEd can't touch it?  While the
Finder merrily ignores it given the correct keys?  (Where is that documented,
anyway?)

Any ideas?

--Chris
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Chris Borton, UC San Diego Undergraduate CS	
Micro Consultant, UCSD

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