Variations from standard behavior in Finder versions of standard application commands
Command | Finder version |
Close | Closes one or more containers. Behaves like the standard version, except that the Finder needn't save data when it closes containers. |
Copy | Copies an object or objects. Behaves like the standard version, except that the Finder version must include parameters. |
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Count | Counts elements of a particular class in a container. Behaves like the standard version, except that the Finder always returns a single integer, never a list of integers. |
Data Size | Returns the size, in bytes, of the value returned by a Get command on the same object or objects. Identical to the standard version. |
Delete | Deletes one or more objects. Identical to the standard version. |
Duplicate | Copies an object or objects. Behaves like the standard version, and also allows you to specify whether or not to replace items in the destination container. |
Exists | Determines whether an object exists. Identical to the standard version. |
Get | Returns the value of an object. Identical to the standard version, except that it returns references for most Finder objects rather than values. |
Make | Creates a new object. Behaves like the standard version, except that the Finder can't set the value of the data for most new objects, and you can't use new when you make a new file. |
Move | Moves an object or objects. Behaves like the standard version, and also allows you to specify whether or not to replace items in the destination container. |
Open | Opens an object or objects. Behaves like the standard version, except that it can open objects such as folders and suitcases as well as files. |
Print | Prints one or more objects. Identical to the standard version. |
Quit | Terminates the Finder process. Behaves like the standard version, except that the Finder need not save data before terminating. |
Set | Sets value of one or more objects. Identical to standard version. |
Commands defined by the Finder Suite
Command | Summary |
Clean Up | Aligns the icons in a window or on the desktop along the grid pattern selected in the Views control panel. |
Computer | Returns information about the local computer's operating environment. |
Eject | Ejects a disk. |
Empty | Empties the trash. |
Erase | Erases a disk. |
Put Away | Returns specified objects on the desktop or in the Trash to the folders or disks to which they belong. |
Restart | Restarts the computer. |
Reveal | Makes an object visible by opening its container and selecting it. |
Select | Selects specified objects. |
Shut Down | Shuts down the computer. |
Sleep | Puts a PowerBook to sleep. |
Sort | Sorts a list of references to Finder objects. |
Update | Updates an object and its elements, if any, to match their representation on disk. |
The rest of this chapter provides detailed definitions of the commands summarized in Table 3-1 and Table 3-2.