[clotje]

Hi,

I like to know if there is a way to see if a mac file is busy. I try a make a unix script to move some files on an ethershare volume. I get some problems here, the unix script is moving the file when he is still copies from a mac desktop to the volume.

Is there a flag in the file or in the .rsrc?

Thanks
Claude

[MacCanada]

Starting in AppleScript Version 1.4 there is now a new
'busy status' property has been added to the 'file information'
class by the 'info for' command

and it would be used as shown below:

tell application "Finder"
get busy status of (info for <yourfilepath here> )
end tell

it would either return 'true'

(yes the file's in use (open, or being copied)

or 'false'
(the file is presently closed)

to use it wrap a if/else statement around the checking ie ,
if it's not busy then copy else do this....

oh btw to get AppleScript's version:

display dialog "AppleScript Version " & (AppleScript's version as text) & " Is Installed." buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with icon 1

hope that helps
Cheers Matt

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[clotje]

Thanks Matt,

But i know the Applescript way. But i like to know how to know if the mac file is busy at the Unix side.

Best regards,
Claude

[Paul Crawford]

Hi Claude,

What Unix & shell are you using? (Bash, etc.) It's been a while since I used Unix much, but maybe I could help out...

Is it the case that the move command isn't returning the proper exit-code at all? Or, that the shell script isn't explicitly catching the exit-code, and you want to wait in a loop for the file to become available?

[P.S.: If you haven't already done so, you could also try asking the Unix gurus over in the OS X - Developer Forum.]

Regards,

--Paul

[This message has been edited by Paul Crawford (edited 03-06-2001).]