problem renaming/deleting files on other 'volumes' (OSX)

[Frank D. Engel, Jr.]

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Do you also have write permission to the directory *containing* the 
file(s) and/or folder(s) you are trying to rename and/or delete?

Even if you are the owner of the containing directory, make sure you 
have write permission (if you are the owner you can give this to 
yourself), since you need that in order to rename/delete contained 
items.

Think of it this way (UNIX, and thus OS X, does):

Since the 'directory' is essentially a 'list' of files and file 
equivalents (directories, named pipes, "special files" representing 
devices, etc.), the contained items are separate entities, but the 
*name* of the item is stored in the directory itself, meaning that to 
change the name you must be able to change the directory.

In UNIX (and thus in OS X if using a UFS file system, the permissions 
work the same if using HFS), it is possible for one file to be pointed 
to by multiple directory entries; each directory entry pointing to the 
file is called a "hard link," and the file maintains a count of how 
many hard links point to it.  The file is deleted when that count 
reaches zero.  So to delete a file, you delete the directory entry 
pointing to it, which means modifying the directory.


On Mar 9, 2005, at 5:58 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:

> Hi Terry,
>
> This is probably a stupid question, but are you sure the file path is 
> correct?
> If the drive is a networked drive, then the path has to be prefixed by 
> "/Volumes/". This may also be true for a directly connected non-boot 
> drive.
>
> Have you tried getting "the result" after the delete command? That 
> might give a clue, especially if you use something like:
> delete file myFilePath
> if the result is not empty then answer error "Can't delete file " & 
> myFilePath & cr & the result
>
> Cheers,
> Sarah
>
> On 10/03/2005, at 8:50 AM, Terry Judd wrote:
>
>> I've run into a problem where I am frequently unable to rename or 
>> delete a file(s) on a volume other than my boot drive from within Rev 
>> - this is despite 'me' being the owner of the target files and 
>> folders. If I transfer the same files to my boot drive then all works 
>> as advertised.
>>
>> Does anyone have any idea why I might be seeing this and if there is 
>> a remedy??
>>
>> Rev 2.5, Mac OSX 10.3.8
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Terry...
>
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