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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:
> On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 07:49:02 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
> (in article <ckoopuFsvveU2@mid.individual.net>):
>
>> 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?
>
> No, I'm sure it's not iView because I can use any other application 
> that accepts a folder dropped on it... even an applescript droplet... 
> and it does the same thing.  And I have found other folders that do the 
> same thing.  All I can figure is that the Finder is treating the folder 
> as a file and checking for where the "stationery" bit would be if it 
> were a file and finding random data.  It must be peculiar to scripting 
> the finder.  Maybe it has something to do with the way I am specifying 
> "nextfolder".  I need to play with it some more.

Very strange. Are the copied folders named "OriginalName copy", or what?

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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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