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

[Terry Judd]

Hi Sarah - the file path is absolutely correct (and includes 
"/Volumes/") - I can copy a file to the same location I'm trying to 
rename ok. The result returns "can't rename file" or "can't delete 
file" (depending on whether I call the 'rename' or 'delete' command) 
which although accurate isn't particularly helpful.

Cheers,

Terry...

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...