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ditto

what is ditto and why is it using 99.9% of my cpu. i am trying to update a poker site that i use and once it is just about updated i get archive utility on but that also never gets all the way through. Help please!

macbook, Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on May 14, 2008 1:19 PM

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May 14, 2008 1:27 PM in response to sable

ditto is a Unix command you can use in the Terminal to copy files. It's not entirely clear to me what it is you're doing, what do you mean by "update a poker site"? Did you download some software that you're trying to install? Which "archive utility" are you talking about? You can use the Finder to "create archive" of files or folders and this will create a .zip file for you. I suppose, it's possible the back-end process that is creating the .zip file could be calling the ditto command.

-Doug

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sable Author

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May 14, 2008 1:31 PM in response to Douglas McLaughlin

thx for the interest doug, im a mac noob so prob why my language is not that easy to understand. the poker site i use normally just loads up when i click the icon but last time i tried it the site had implemented a software update to install, this never gets to completion and archive utility kicks in.

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jomiku

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May 14, 2008 2:14 PM in response to sable

Doug is, in my opinion, right on it. Open Console (utilities folder) and look at the messages. You can prevent the 99% takeover by killing the process - which you possibly know you can do in Activity Monitor. The file is likely corrupt or otherwise has some compatibility problems and it fails. The problem is most likely on their end. I'd contact them because their upgrade may not probably load on your system.

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