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I added a new shared folder on the PC, which wasn't showing up in OSX. I tried restarting finder, made an attempt at restarting samba, then decided to just start randomly deleting files. First of all, in Terminal or iTerm or similar, type mount to see which folders the network share is mounted to, somewhere in /private -> var -> automount -> Network -> shared_computer_name -> shared_folder. Now type:
umount /private/var/automount/Network/shared_computer_name/shared_folder
Do this for all of the directories for the server you want to refresh. Next, type:
rmdir /private/var/automount/Network/shared_computer_name/shared_folder
to remove the empty directories. Finally:
sudo rmdir shared_computer_name
To remove the server name directory too. Then just connect to the server in Finder as usual, the share contents should be refreshed. This also seems to clear out the 'saved' username/password you used to connect with.

Hope this helps!

[robg adds: I haven't had any issues with the data on our Windows' servers refreshing when those folders are mounted on my PowerBook, but this looks like it would certainly force a refresh! 10.3.3 is rumored to have some improvements in the networking section; perhaps this is one of the addressed issues.]
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Refresh data in network share windows
Authored by: zzen on Mar 15, '04 08:53:21PM
I personally use the
sudo killall lookupd
command in Terminal. Lookupd, among other things, manages a lot of cached information in OS X. I found it helps to refresh my mounted SMB shares, maybe it will help you, too. It's certainly faster then rmdiring those directories...

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Refresh data in network share windows
Authored by: RubberDuck on Mar 15, '04 10:28:08PM

Or much simpler... you could use the Nudge Contextual Menu (freeware)

http://www.brockerhoff.net/nudge/



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Refresh data in network share windows
Authored by: club60.org on Dec 16, '04 02:43:26PM

Any chance to refresh local Finder folder size information? (your method doesn't solve my problem).

When I have a folder with "Calculate folder size" option checked and then save files from some application into some subfolder that shows "Zero KB", nothing (?) can force Finder to recalculate its size.



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