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Limewire leaves dot orphans too
Authored by: tochoa on Feb 18, '02 07:48:14PM

I noticed the dot files while using Limewire - I would click into the "Incomplete" folder in the finder, and I would see a file show up, then disappear. That was a little curious, so I surfed the directory with terminal; there were tons of dot files there. By trial and error, I discovered that a dot file was being left behind every time I opened a download in progress, then was left behind in the Incomplete folder when Limewire moved the download to my downloads folder.
When moving files in Terminal that you _want_ the dots to accompany, use the latest dev tools and add the path /Developer/Tools to your login script. Then you can use CpMac and MvMac, which properly preserve the data fork. Limewire doesn't, so if you're using it clean up your Incomplete folder once in a while. (Reported to Limewire as bug as well).
TonyO



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