Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!nikhefk!paulm From: paulm@nikhefk.UUCP (Paul Molenaar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Bug in Finder Message-ID: <392@nikhefk.UUCP> Date: 23 Jun 88 09:36:10 GMT Organization: Host: NIKHEF Organization: Personal Computer Magazine, Holland Lines: 23 I've come across a minor, but not less bothersome bug in the Finder (using Systemset 6.0, but probably present in all releases). If I have a file on the top-level of my harddisk and throw it away the 'in trash' bit gets set. Now if I move a file from a lower level (that is: in some folder) to the top-level _with the same name_,,"|I'm asked whether or not I want to replace the original. This I understand, since only the 'in trash' bit is set, but all other file-information is maintained. The trouble starts when I do want to replace the original file. The 'new' file inherits all the Finder-info stuff from the file thrown away. So the Finder thinks it's planted in the trashcan as well! The next major disk-action will actually delete the file!! I don't know how probable it is that this situation occurs frequently in day-to-day use, but it did in mine... -- Paul Molenaar "Just checking the walls" - Basil Fawlty -