filetrash Command
Vic DiFranco
vjdif at prodigy.net
Tue May 20 14:27:15 PDT 2008
Hello Everybody,
I have run into a weird problem with the filetrash command. I
generally can troubleshoot these problems myself, so as not to take
up others' time. But I'm stumped now.
I have a procedure which has always worked correctly. But a web site
has made a slight change, requiring me to tweak my procedure.
The procedure uses a previously downloaded text file on the desktop.
The file is named "Transactions_Download.txt", which is the name
given it by the web site it downloads from. The last line of my
procedure is
filetrash folder(Macintosh HD:users:vicdifranco:Desktop"),
"Transactions_Download.txt"
When this line executes, I am presented with a Disk Error dialog,
and the file does not get trashed. It always had done in the past,
when the text file had a different name. Now here is the weird part.
In attempting to troubleshoot the problem, I duplicated the original
file on the desktop, so it has the name "Transactions_Download
copy.txt". That is, the word "copy" is affixed to the end of the file
name. I modified the filetrash command to add the word "copy", and
now no error message appears, and the file is indeed trashed. But if
I delete the word "copy", the error dialog re-appears, and the file
is not trashed.
Do any of the forum experts see what I am doing wrong? I am careful
to make sure I have not left a space in the file name, or other such
trivial error, when I delete the word "copy". Somehow, Panorama
doesn't like the file name "Transactions_Download.txt" which is the
default name given by the web site.
I have Panorama 5.5 on a Macintosh Powerbook G4, under OS 10.4.11
Best regards,
Vic DiFranco
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