It's possible the file is "crosslinked" Mac OSX seems to do this a bit. A utility such as Dick Warrior will check for this and fix it. Actually just running FSCK from single user mode at startup will detect but probably not fix it. Rob
> From: James Devenish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 16:19:59 +0800 > To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Subject: "One or more busy items..." > > Hi, > > I've encountered the following problem and would appreciate any > comments. I am yet to reboot the machine, so I haven't attempted > any disk repairs yet: > > When copying a file in the Finder, the Finder says "The item '...' > contains one or more busy items that cannot be changed." The file is a > "regular file", not a directory, link, alias or device node. If I say > "continue", it prompts me for an admin password. Then, the file's icon > appears in its destination but disappears in the blink of an eye. If I > try moving the file, the Finder says "Some of the items you are moving > are in use by another application." If I copy to a remote AFP machine, > the remote file is created (zero-size) but no bytes are copied across. > The size of each original file is in the order of a handful of > megabytes. To overcome the problem, I use the Terminal to 'cp' the file > to its new location. I also note: > > - Get Info shows no anomalies > - fstat shows no processes > - POSIX permissions are correct > > The problem seems to be in Carbon, not in the BSD system (well, BSD > doesn't impose the same file locking as Mac OS anyway). All files are > in directories that contains no other files with any problems. > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro >
