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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 15:14:07 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
> (in article <ckpisfF5hnoU1@mid.individual.net>):
>
>> On 2015-02-20, Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 12:36:20 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
>>> (in article <ckp9kjF31tdU1@mid.individual.net>):
>>> 
>>>> Very strange. Are the copied folders named "OriginalName copy", or what?
>>> 
>>> Yes.  It's the identical Finder behavior that you get when opening a 
>>> "stationery pad"  complete with the thermometer display while copying.  
>>> I posted a script upthread which displays the same behavior and doesn't 
>>> even call the Finder but gets the folder name passed in from the 
>>> Finder.  The dialog displays "Folder Copy".  I don't know how to tell 
>>> you to reproduce it because I can't figure out the distinguishing 
>>> characteristics of the folders which cause it to happen :)
>> 
>> Yeah. I get that. I take it you have run the "Verify" function of Disk
>> Utility on the volume in question with no reported errors? What does "ls
>> -alO" (the O is a capital letter "o") output for the parent directory
>> containing one of the offending folders?
>
> Disk checks OK.  There are several different folders on several 
> different disks and the script runs natively on two different computers 
> with similar results.
>
> On one disk:
>
> drwxr-x---@  91 nel  nel  -           3094 Feb 20 12:41 . (Problem)
> drwxr-x---@  54 nel  nel  -           1836 Feb 20 13:00 ..
>
> drwxr-x---  3 nel  nel  -        102 Feb 20 12:35 . (No Problem)
> drwxr-xr-x  6 nel  nel  -        204 Feb 20 13:02 ..
>
> On a different disk:
>
> drwxrwxr-x@  12 nel  nel  -           364 Feb 20 13:45 .  (Problem)
> drwxr-xr-x  186 nel  nel  -          6280 Feb 20 13:47 ..
>
> drwxrwxr-x    28 nel  nel  -            908 Feb 19 17:50 .  (No 
> Problem)
> drwxr-xr-x   186 nel  nel  -           6280 Feb 20 13:47 ..
>
> The extended attributes are all com.apple.FinderInfo (whatever that is)

I think I would make a backup, and try deleting the com.apple.FinderInfo
with the xattr -c command, to see if that changes anything.

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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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