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DS_Store files do have file names
Authored by: noworryz on Mar 10, '03 10:25:01AM

The .DS_Store files do have file names in them -- that's so they can work on UFS volumes. Furthermore, the characteristics of folders move with their names. You can prove this by renaming a folder in the terminal, creating a new one with the old name, and relaunching the terminal. The new folder you created will have the old folder's characteristics (background, etc.). The .DS_Store mechanism apparently does not use HFS+ file IDs at all.

The .DS_Store files do not have full paths names in them. There is no need, for the file names always refer to the files and folders in the same directory.

All this is easily verified using HexEdit and some simple experiments.

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