At 5:20 PM +1000 4/29/08, Shane Stanley wrote: >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. FWIW, we make and distribute for free (on an individual request basis) Files.osax, look how exciting: filenew v : create a new empty file, fail if already exists. mkdir v : create a new folder. filelock v : given a file, attempt to create or update an associated .lock file by appending '.lock' to the original name. An expiration delay is stored in the .lock file. filelock fails if the .lock file already exists and is still valid. filelockinfo v : return info for a .lock file filecopy v : copy a file synchronously filemove v : move a file synchronously fileremove v : remove a file synchronously create symlink v : create a symlink testsymlink v : return true if the direct parameter is a symlink, false otherwise filegetname v : returns the name of a file filerename v : rename a file flush volume v : flush the volume relative to the direct parameter Emmanuel Satimage-software