Re: Sync .DS_Store files
Re: Sync .DS_Store files
- Subject: Re: Sync .DS_Store files
- From: Seth Willits <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:38:12 -0700
On Mar 25, 2010, at 4:08 PM, Jens Alfke wrote:
>> I am trying to sync a folder containing several files and the hidden file
>> .DS_Store. I know that this file contains special info about the directory,
>> so I sync it too. Should I really do that?
>
> Ideally you should, because it contains some user data (like the view settings, I think). But as you've discovered, the way the Finder touches these files all the time makes it very awkward to sync them, so I think people usually just ignore them.
Yeah, ideally you should, but it's simply not possible.
As far as I can tell 10.6 doesn't even write the file until it absolutely must for some reason, and the only way I've been reliably able to get that to happen is quit Finder or remove the media the DS_Store is saved on. (I did this to test DMG Canvas, not for behavior in a program.)
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Seth Willits
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