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From: TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.ARPA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: clue, hanging finder problem
Message-ID: <881026202607.460369@DOCKMASTER.ARPA>
Date: 26 Oct 88 20:26:00 GMT
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I've been trying to keep track of exactly when I encounter the problem.
It seems to be that it only happens after I launch a particular basic
program, and almost always after I do so (I wasn't as meticulous about
recording when it didn't happen as opposed to when it did.)

The program uses the Beagle Bros.  Copy verb to copy a directory of
about a dozen files (macros, spelling dictionary) from my harddrive to
/ram5.  It first reads the directory, then builds up a list of the
fiels, then installs the Copy verb, and finally copies them all.  If I
modify the program to skip the copying step the problem goes away, i.e.,
it must have something to do with the copying process itself and not the
previous steps.