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Tools not on path...
Authored by: robg on Mar 21, '02 10:55:33AM
Sounds like the /Developer/Tools directory isn't on your path. You should be able to execute the SetFile command by just typing:
/Developer/Tools/SetFile
Then add the rest of the options as shown above and hit RETURN, and all should be good. -rob.

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Tools not on path...
Authored by: hcasper on Mar 22, '02 09:10:44AM

Thanks but....still no go. If I type /Developer/Tools/SetFile I get a bunch of options to choose from like -a, -c etc. If I type the above and then the original commands I still get command not found and bus error but no new Finder created. Any more ideas other than erasing my hard drive and reinstalling and configuring evrything? Argh.



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Output from terminal?
Authored by: robg on Mar 22, '02 09:23:37AM
Can you copy and paste the output from the two commands? This will help us figure out exactly what's not working. Specifically, open the terminal and:
 % touch /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder
% Developer/Tools/SetFile -t FNDR -c MACS -a I /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder
Don't type the "%", of course. -rob.

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Output from terminal?
Authored by: hcasper on Mar 22, '02 10:34:38AM

OK - here's a copy/paste from the terminal after copy/pasting the commands.

[localhost:~] hcasper% touch /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder
touch: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder: Permission denied

[localhost:~] hcasper%
[localhost:~] hcasper% Developer/Tools/SetFile -t FNDR -c MACS -a I /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder
Developer/Tools/SetFile: Command not found.

[localhost:~] hcasper%
[localhost:~] hcasper%

As you can see I get permission denied and then command not found. I tried it in root too with no luck.
Thanks for staying with me here.



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Two problems...
Authored by: robg on Mar 22, '02 10:54:00AM
It appears the original instructions are missing a "sudo" in front of both commands; this may very well have been my fault while entering them. With your second command, I left out the "/" at the front of the path. So the revised commands should look like:
 % sudo touch /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder
% sudo /Developer/Tools/SetFile -t FNDR -c MACS -a I /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder
Sorry about that! -rob.

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Two problems...
Authored by: hcasper on Mar 22, '02 02:22:11PM

Yes! All fixed and the duplicate finder has been successfully rereated. Yippee and a huge THANK YOU to you.



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