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Re: Little faults...

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On 2015-03-24 16:58, dorayme wrote:
> Was copying a file to an external usb disk and while it was in the
> process, tried to also move it from the desktop to a particular other
> folder on the internal startup hard disk. Notice came up saying
>
> "“nameOfFile” can’t be opened right now because it’s being used by
> another task, such as moving or copying an item or emptying the Trash.
> Try again when the current task is complete."
>
> No problem, of course; in designing an OS it would be hard to think of
> everything down to the last detail!

Of course not.  You're changing its location with the second copy.  It's 
a "move" not a copy.  You're changing its source location before the 
first copy is finished.

OTOH, if you copy/paste it during the operation (drag (copy) to the 
external drive and copy/paste (CMD-C/CMD-V) to the source drive 
different folder), there is no issue and both will occur.  Of course the 
original file will still be in the original place.

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Little faults... dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-25 07:58 +1100
  Re: Little faults... Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-03-25 14:21 -0700
    Re: Little faults... dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-26 09:32 +1100
      Re: Little faults... Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-03-25 19:55 -0700
        Re: Little faults... dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-26 15:05 +1100
          Re: Little faults... Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-03-25 22:22 -0700
            Re: Little faults... Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-26 10:52 -0400
              Re: Little faults... Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-26 15:23 +0000
              Re: Little faults... Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-03-27 20:48 -0700
                Re: Little faults... dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-28 15:01 +1100
                Re: Little faults... Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-03-28 10:11 +0000
                Re: Little faults... dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-29 10:03 +1100
            Re: Little faults... dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-27 07:41 +1100
              Re: Little faults... Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-03-27 20:43 -0700
                Re: Little faults... dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-03-28 14:57 +1100
        Re: Little faults... Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-25 21:53 -0700
          Re: Little faults... Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-03-26 05:30 +0000
  Re: Little faults... Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-03-25 19:04 -0400

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