Re: Finding, deleting hidden files on SMB shares
Re: Finding, deleting hidden files on SMB shares
- Subject: Re: Finding, deleting hidden files on SMB shares
- From: Dan Day <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:17:28 -0500
There's a default setting in the OS you can turn on to prevent your Mac from
writing these files at all:
>From macosxhints.com:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2005070300463515&query=.ds_stor
e
To prevent the creation of these files, open the Terminal and type:
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true
On 7/21/05 1:11 PM, "email@hidden" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm writing a droplet that uploads items to an SMB share. I want to
> eliminate the ".DS" and "._" that show up on the share after the upload.
> However, I don't know how to address such "hidden" files in AppleScript. I
> notice that even when I use a utility to "show hidden files" in the Finder,
> I still don't see "._" files. Further, the AS "count" command doesn't
> include a count of such files, implying AS doesn't "see" them either. So
> far, nothing I've tried will delete these hidden files. Does anyone have a
> suggestion?
> Thank you,
> Jim
>
> Jim Trebilcock
>
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