site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com On Mar 30, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Francis Devereux wrote:

OS X creates ._ files to store extended attributes as well as resource forks. You can use "xattr -l file" to see whether a file has any extended attributes (files with extended attributes also have an "@" after their permissions in the output of "ls -l") and "xattr -d attr_name file" to delete them.

For the sake of helping others avoid frustration trying to figure out how to create a tarball without the ._ files, I'll mention this solution here. Mac OS X "tar" uses an environment variable to control whether or not to include the ._ files when creating an archive. Maybe other uses too but I haven't explored those. I've seen comments that suggest that it's also used by "cp" If you want an archive without them, use ... COPYFILE_DISABLE=1 tar -czf tarball.tgz <files> ... or ... export COPYFILE_DISABLE=1 tar -czf tarball.tgz <files> Cheers.....Peter p.s. in Tiger and earlier, the variable was called COPY_EXTENDED_ATTRIBUTES_DISABLE _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com