Re: Sync .DS_Store files
Re: Sync .DS_Store files
- Subject: Re: Sync .DS_Store files
- From: "gMail.com" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:17:31 +0100
- Thread-topic: Sync .DS_Store files
Thank you Jean,
I have now read that docs, so I will not copy the contents of that folder,
nor copy it empty.
> Da: Jean-Daniel Dupas <email@hidden>
> Data: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:44:20 +0100
> A: "gMail.com" <email@hidden>
> Cc: <email@hidden>
> Oggetto: Re: Sync .DS_Store files
>
> .fseventd is not a time machine specific folder.
>
> See FSEvent API for details.
>
> Le 26 mars 2010 à 13:21, gMail.com a écrit :
>
>> Thank you Dave, Thank you Jens.
>> I will ignore the .DS_Store files. I think the Finder will take care of
>> them. Also I have got the same question on the hidden directory
>> /.fseventsd
>> As I know it contains log files created by Time Machine. I have tried to
>> backup the files it contains but, even running as root, I can't. It seems
>> that even the root user has no permissions to do that.
>> So, can I exclude this directory from the backup? If I do that, will Time
>> Machine not work as expected on the backup disk? I would not cause a
>> problem...
>>
>> Regards
>> --
>> Leonardo
>>
>>
>>
>>> Da: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
>>> Data: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:08:03 -0700
>>> A: "gMail.com" <email@hidden>
>>> Cc: <email@hidden>
>>> Oggetto: Re: Sync .DS_Store files
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 25, 2010, at 9:42 AM, gMail.com 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.
>>>
>>> Jens
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ----
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've had similar problems in the past. I usually just filter out the
>>> files you mentioned, e.g. ignore them. There are also AppleScript
>>> etc. that will delete them for you, do a google and you are bound to
>>> find them. Bottom line: it's not worth trying to treat them as normal
>>> files.
>>>
>>> All the Best
>>> Dave
>>
>>
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> -- Jean-Daniel
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