Thanks Paul, I like your thinking. Unfortunately that isn't going to work in this case. My Internal HD is overflowing and the last thing I need to do is copy a couple of dozen large (>6 GB) folders across. I'm scripting (for self use) a little utility to search a couple of my backup HDs to see if I've got quadruplicates of anything and if so, to Trash one copy. I want to Trash so I can do one last double check before I empty it. Then I should be able to Trash some of my old large project folders off my internal HD knowing that I've got multiple copies elsewhere.
Yes I know HDs are cheap, but not so SSDs, but still I need to buy a bigger one, but I need the free space NOW! Thankfully I've figured it out. Can you comment on revDeleteFolder, is that instantly nuking for you? On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Paul Dupuis <p...@researchware.com> wrote: > On 4/7/2015 6:54 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 6:15 PM, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> rename folder <full path name> to specialFolderPath("empt") & "/" & > >> "<short name>" > >> > >> Only works for Trashing folders/files on the start up disk. Still need > to > > figure out how to Trash files/folders on an external HD. Any help > > appreciated. > > Use revCopyFolder (see dictionary) to copy the folder to be trashed to > specialFolderPath("empt") & "/" & tFolderName and then use > revDeleteFolder to remove the original folder from the external HD. > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode