[OS X TeX] Getting Finder to Refresh

[Herb Schulz]

On 1/21/05 11:06 AM, "Bruno Voisin" <bvoisin at mac.com> wrote:

> 
> Not sure whether this answers your question, but on 15 January David
> Arnold posted that in a thread "[OS X TeX] mkdir and finder":
> 
> On Jan 15, 2005, at 09:47, David Arnold wrote:
> 
>> If it really exists, you can avoid the Finder's update delay (bug) by
>> using `open dirname` in the Terminal, where dirname is the directory
>> you created.  I use this all the time to open hidden folders.
>> Force-quitting the Finder is another brute force method of getting it
>> to see newly created files/folders.
> 
> Bruno
> 

Howdy,

Thanks! I guess I never thought to look in the archives because this seemed
like such an obtuse reference to TeX.

It almost does what I want! If the file is on the Desktop the Finder opens a
new window of the Desktop Directory rather than just refreshing the Desktop
display. But is does work pretty nicely for other directories.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)

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