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> Walter Bushell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> IIRC update (the Finder command) does the job, also.
> 
> On Mar 4, 2008, at 11:20 AM, Mark Lively wrote:
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> > On Mar 4, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Emmett Gray wrote:
> >
> >> I've found a bug (10.4.11) which is probably still in Leopard  
> >> since I looked at the Leopard bug fix technote and it's not  
> >> mentioned. I've reported the bug to Apple.
> >>
> > Looks like it is fixed in leopard.  Not to surprising since the old  
> > system event osax was built on top of FSRefs which are deprecated  
> > in Leopard.
> >
> >> If the target folder of the "list folder" command has a name  
> >> longer than 32 characters you get a "bad filename" error. I can't  
> >> use the Finder to get the info because the very reason I'm needing  
> >> the command for is to force the lazy Finder to update the contents  
> >> of the folder!
> >>
> > I use touch to update the folder.
> >
> > set aFolder to choose folder
> > do shell script "touch "&quoted form of posix path of aFolder
> >
> > -Mark
> > Who likes touching folders.
> >
>