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Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it. Why?

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On 2015-02-20, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
> This one has me stumped.  Background: OS 10.6.8.  I have a bunch of 
> images in folders that I want iView MediaPro to generate catalogs for.  
> Because you can't script iView to do this directly, I tell the Finder 
> to open the folder using iView because, if you drop a folder on iView 
> it catalogs it. (repeat: tell application "Finder" to open nextFolder 
> using mediaPro).  Works like a charm... except
>
> There are two folders out of about 100 where the Finder first makes a 
> copy of the folder and then passes the copy to iView.  I can't see any 
> difference between these folders and all the others.  As far as I can 
> tell all the permissions and ownerships are the same.
>
> Manually dragging the folder onto iView works as expected, ie it 
> generates a catalog and no copy of the original folder is made.
>
> It seems as if the Finder is treating the folder as a "stationary pad" 
> but, of course, there is no "stationary pad" option for folders or, if 
> there is, "Get Info" doesn't show it.
>
> Any ideas?

I haven't ever used iView, but I have scripted Finder plenty through the
years and haven't ever heard of such Finder behavior. Are you sure it is
Finder, and not iView, that is creating the duplicate copy? Isn't it
possible that Finder is telling iView to open the folder, and then iView
is creating a duplicate and opening that? Have you checked with iView
support to see if they might be able to explain this behavior?

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Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-20 06:30 -0500
  Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-20 12:49 +0000
    Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-20 10:07 -0500
      Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-02-20 11:04 -0500
        Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-20 11:58 -0500
      Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-20 17:36 +0000
        Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-20 12:53 -0500
          Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-20 20:14 +0000
            Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-20 17:38 -0500
              Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-20 17:55 -0500
                Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-02-21 17:08 +1300
                Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-21 15:29 +0000
                Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-21 13:26 -0500
                Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-21 20:35 +0000
                Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-21 22:25 -0500
                Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-22 15:43 +0000
              Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-20 22:59 +0000
                Re: Finder copies folder when I try to open it.  Why? Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-20 18:47 -0500

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