On Mar 19, 2010, at 1:36 PM, Charles Srstka wrote: > On Mar 19, 2010, at 11:04 AM, Jens Alfke wrote: > >> On Mar 19, 2010, at 5:17 AM, Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote: >> >>> How long do you need to prevent its removal? Just holding the file >>> open should prevent it from being deleted. >> >> Yes, but not from being moved to the trash, which was the OP’s request. >> Actually I’m not sure the immutable bit prevents moving the file, either. > > It doesn’t. All it does is cause an annoying dialog box to pop up the next > time the user tries to empty the Trash.
In my testing with the immutable bit on Snow Leopard 10.6.2, I get a dialog when I try to trash the item, not just when I try to empty the Trash. Of course, the dialog allows me to proceed, anyway. If I just try to move the item, the Finder insists on copying it, instead. Even holding down Command, which would normally force a move operation, doesn't allow it to be moved. Regards, Ken _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
