[X4U] Permissions Question

[Ed Gould]

On May 5, 2009, at 5:59 PM, Jens Selvig wrote:

> How many files do you have in the receiving folder?

Jens I have 2500 files in the receiving folder and 100 GB free on the  
drive
>
> Can you make a new sub folder inside the enclosing folder and will  
> the files transfer to that folder. If your original files are on  
> the same volume are you using the option key to create new files  
> instead of just moving files?

I am just attempting to merge the files into the folder. Any  
duplicates will have to be looked at to see if they really are  
duplicates or the name is identical. The files are on the same drive.

I can move these files to any folder just not the one I am attempting  
to.

>
> Jens
>
>
> On May 4, 2009, at 10:08 PM, Ed Gould wrote:
>
>> I am somewhat confused. I am attempting with the finder to move  
>> some files into a folder. When I drag and drop them nothing  
>> happens (it doesn't happen).
>>
>> I look at the permissions of the files and I do have read/write on  
>> the files and I have read/write on the folder I am attempting to  
>> move them to.
>>
>> I have full access to the volume (ignore ownership).
>>
>> I must be overlooking something but I do not know what else to be  
>> asking myself.
>>
>> I created the folder and created all the files. This is *NOT* a  
>> new folder. If I had to guess I created it 9 years (maybe more)  
>> ago. It was there is OS9 and with the 2 OSX upgrades and never an  
>> issue. I was able to write to it as of May 1 , 2009 (the highest  
>> modification date).
>>
>> Note this folder is a sub folder of another folder which again I  
>> have r/w access.
>>
>> Can someone shed some light on why I cannot move files into the  
>> folder?
>>
>> FWIW I am at 10.4.11 and am running a G5 SIlver dual with 6G of  
>> memory and a dual 2.7 MHZ processor. I also rebooted in between to  
>> see if there was some sort of boot issue and it seems to have  
>> stayed and I cannot move the files (still).
>>
>> Ed
>>
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