Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!darkstar!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!lunatic From: lunatic@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Lunatic) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: finder preflight Message-ID: <1266@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 14 Feb 90 00:41:47 GMT References: <9002121839.AA10052@apple.com> Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Reply-To: lunatic@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Lunatic) Organization: UCSC Undergrads (Renegade user) Lines: 71 In article <9002121839.AA10052@apple.com> MMPR004@ECNCDC.BITNET (scott hutinger) writes: >I was wondering why the finder of System 5.0.x does not check space requirements >of the destination disk when copying files. Also it does not check the current >state of the destination disk. [...] ][t simply wasn't programmed to do that, though it should be easy enough to add. > I would at least think >a preflight of the destination volume for write rights would be easy? ][ would think so too. I'm sure there is some Status call (WriteStatus()?) that could do the trick neatly and easily. I don't have my references handy or I would look it up. >I also wonder about the menubar and update of the current folders files? Some- >times the destination folder is not updated, and can't copy the files since the >destination folder is not yet visible. The Menubar seems to update one or two >of the folders/files, but not the complete directory. ]['m rather confused as to what you mean, here, and I think others may be, too. Do you mean the Finder's menubar, the information bar in the folder's window, or something else entirely? The only changes that occur in the Finder's menubar are due to selecting a file, a folder, or a disk, in which case the "Color," "View," and/or "Disk" menu items become available (non-greyed). I may be missing some data here because you are referring to an AppleShare set-up, with which I have had no experience. >scott hutinger mmpr004@ecncdc.bitnet In article jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeremy G. Mereness) writes: >why doesn't the thing spit out 3.5 disks automatically when a disk >swap is required? [...] _ /-\gain, it hasn't been programmed (yet) to do this. It sure would be nice, though, wouldn't it? Notice that "even" Copy II Plus can do this... >and could someone put in a "windows" patch? it would be a little >pull-down menu after special acting like the same thing in AWGS. [...] *][* sure wouldn't want to try patching Finder! (: Intrinsically one often works with more windows under Finder, they are often quite small (as opposed to in AWGS), and many of them could have the same names, yet contain completely different files. I think that the problems of the number of items in such a menu, and the neccessity of keeping the whole pathname in the list (which could be up to 64 characters long for just ProDOS files) to distinguish between folders with the same names would be ones that the current authors of Finder would want to do without. The Finder is supposed to "free you from having to deal with pathnames," too... >|Jeremy Mereness | Support | Ye Olde Disclaimer: | >|jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (internet) | Free | The above represent my| >|r746jm7e@cmccvb (Vax... bitnet) | Software | opinions, alone. | -- ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________ ARPA: lunatic@uscsb.UCSC.EDU / ________/ Internet: lunatic%ucscb@ucscc.edu / ____// _ ___ _ UUCP: ...!ucscc!ucscb!lunatic / ___///__ {_} |\| /-\ | ][ {_ GEnie: L.BRUCE (Lunatic Bruce) / __________________________________________________________________/ (: