Re: Help - Cannot delete a folder
THANKS, Jacque. :-) I can't believe HOW-MUCH work you have done on this, for me. WOW! You are truly One-of-a-kind!, Jacque. The Spirit-of-HyperCard still inhabits you! ;-) It's like "The Force", only BETTER! ;-) P.S.: As it does with Brian Yennie, as well. :) I'm still hoping for a HACK (e.g. a work-around), to keep things simple, but of-course this a a WISH that may, or may not be, do-able. I'm a BIG optimist, though, so I'll wait some-more for providence to smile upon me once again, as it often has in my Life. :-) Worse-comes-to-worse, I'll finally upgrade to MacOSX! ... Anything's possible! ;-) Thanks for the help [so-far] , Alain > Unfortunately, I just searched the bug database and there > are no reports in there about delete folder not working. > That isn't to say the bug didn't exist, only that it isn't > in the Rev database. > > I just did a test with my old copy of MC 2.5 and it worked > fine. The test folder I created on the desktop deleted without > incident. This was in OS X however, I didn't actually test in > OS 9, as I was too busy to set up one of my old machines... > right now. ___ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Help - Cannot delete a folder
Alain Farmer wrote: I think it does. You could test by creating a single empty folder in the finder, and then seeing if MC will delete it. Excellent methodology, Jacque. You're a PRO! Alas, I tried this TOO and it failed. Therefore, I can only conclude, [at this point], that MetaCard 2.5 *has* the bug you speak-of. Drats! I will have to work-around it, I guess; unless someone (..ideally a MC 2.5 user) can suggest a *hack* around this old bug. Thank you *kindly*, however, for remembering this obscure-fact for me. :-) Unfortunately, I just searched the bug database and there are no reports in there about delete folder not working. That isn't to say the bug didn't exist, only that it isn't in the Rev database. I just did a test with my old copy of MC 2.5 and it worked fine. The test folder I created on the desktop deleted without incident. This was in OS X however, I didn't actually test in OS 9, as I was too busy to set up one of my old machines right now. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Help - Cannot delete a folder
Thanks Jacque, > You can get the "detailed files" and the "detailed folders". > This will give you full listings of everything, including > hidden items. Then you'll need to run a loop to walk the > directories, deleting all the files in each file list, > and getting the files inside each folder in the folder > list. After that, "delete folder" should work. Yup, very-good advice. :) And, yes, this is exactly what I did. > I vaguely recall an ancient bug with "delete folder" > that has long since been corrected, but I don't remember > if 2.5 has the fix or not. Aha! This is precisely the kind of info I was looking for. You have a very good memory, Jacque. I suspected this might be the case becoz I had utterly exhausted all possibilities I could fathom, *before* asking y'all for help. > I think it does. You could test by creating a single > empty folder in the finder, and then seeing if MC > will delete it. Excellent methodology, Jacque. You're a PRO! Alas, I tried this TOO and it failed. Therefore, I can only conclude, [at this point], that MetaCard 2.5 *has* the bug you speak-of. Drats! I will have to work-around it, I guess; unless someone (..ideally a MC 2.5 user) can suggest a *hack* around this old bug. Thank you *kindly*, however, for remembering this obscure-fact for me. :-) Alain ___ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Help - Cannot delete a folder
Alain Farmer wrote: Thanks for your advice, Brian. :) If you are really stuck in Transcript land, you could try using shell() to call through to the command-line where things behave like you are accustomed to? If you use "rm" on the command line (UNIX / Linux / MacOS X), there are options to recurse and force delete everything ... But.. unfortunately.. I'm NOT using a UNIX-based OS. In this case, I'm using a Mac Classic 9.x for my MetaCard work. As you probably know old Mac's don't provide SHELL-access! OTOH, since MetaCard 2.5 runs on OLD macs, as well as new ones, and provides the "delete folder fPath" syntax, I should still be able to do this, without upgrading to a UNIX-based machine (Mac or otherwise). Anyone-else want to chip-in some additional information ? :) You can get the "detailed files" and the "detailed folders". This will give you full listings of everything, including hidden items. Then you'll need to run a loop to walk the directories, deleting all the files in each file list, and getting the files inside each folder in the folder list. After that, "delete folder" should work. I vaguely recall an ancient bug with "delete folder" that has long since been corrected, but I don't remember if 2.5 has the fix or not. I think it does. You could test by creating a single empty folder in the finder, and then seeing if MC will delete it. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Re: Help - Cannot delete a folder
Bummer... I guess the "." and ".." are artifacts of a dual Classic / OS X situation? Or maybe it's just a MetaCard thing. In any case, the only other alternative I can think of would be to use AppleScript. I'm not an expert there, but undoubtedly there is a delete folder function. Thanks for your advice, Brian. :) If you are really stuck in Transcript land, you could try using shell() to call through to the command-line where things behave like you are accustomed to? If you use "rm" on the command line (UNIX / Linux / MacOS X), there are options to recurse and force delete everything ... But.. unfortunately.. I'm NOT using a UNIX-based OS. In this case, I'm using a Mac Classic 9.x for my MetaCard work. As you probably know old Mac's don't provide SHELL-access! OTOH, since MetaCard 2.5 runs on OLD macs, as well as new ones, and provides the "delete folder fPath" syntax, I should still be able to do this, without upgrading to a UNIX-based machine (Mac or otherwise). Anyone-else want to chip-in some additional information ? :) Thanks nonetheless, Brian. :-) Alain ___ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard ___ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
Help - Cannot delete a folder
Thanks for your advice, Brian. :) > If you are really stuck in Transcript land, you could try > using shell() to call through to the command-line where > things behave like you are accustomed to? If you use "rm" > on the command line (UNIX / Linux / MacOS X), there are > options to recurse and force delete everything ... But.. unfortunately.. I'm NOT using a UNIX-based OS. In this case, I'm using a Mac Classic 9.x for my MetaCard work. As you probably know old Mac's don't provide SHELL-access! OTOH, since MetaCard 2.5 runs on OLD macs, as well as new ones, and provides the "delete folder fPath" syntax, I should still be able to do this, without upgrading to a UNIX-based machine (Mac or otherwise). Anyone-else want to chip-in some additional information ? :) Thanks nonetheless, Brian. :-) Alain ___ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
