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Hidden files bad
Authored by: johnmont on Feb 18, '02 12:29:56PM

This is a really frustrating aspect of OSX.

I really don't think the system should be dropping these hidden files on non-native mounts such as NFS and SMB volumes. When I copy a file from my unix machine or a Windows machine to the Mac, it doesn't leave any extra information. This really points out the limitations of the current tracking of metadata (resource fork stuff) in OS X.

My sysadmins really don't like seeing all of these additional files being left on unix machines and especially Windows servers. I hope this issue can be addressed in the future.

It's really pretty bush-league and arrogant on Apple's part. Arrogant? Apple? Really? ;-) [vbg]



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Hidden files bad
Authored by: zadak on Feb 18, '02 03:37:41PM

Anyone making a fix for this problem is gonna get a wet kiss from me.
I truly hate this as I work with win-servers at work and my co-workers get pissed at the junkfiles laying around.



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