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Shane Stanley <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:20:16 +1000
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On 29/4/08 4:36 PM, "Chris Page" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Why is that?

I don't know if my answer is the same as Ed's, but because (a) the Finder's
delete doesn't delete, (b) the Finder is unreliable, and (c) System Events
is too fussy about what it does and doesn't accept, depending on the OS
version.

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Shane Stanley <[log in to unmask]>

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