Comments on: Terminal Tip: Delete Those Mac Dot Files http://postpostmodern.com/instructional/terminal-tip-delete-those-mac-dot-files/ Speaking of web development. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:17:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Elimina archivos ._ y .DS_Store en Mac OS X o Linux « el Retináculo http://postpostmodern.com/instructional/terminal-tip-delete-those-mac-dot-files/comment-page-1/#comment-2040 Elimina archivos ._ y .DS_Store en Mac OS X o Linux « el Retináculo Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:48:09 +0000 http://postpostmodern.com/?p=396#comment-2040 [...] podéis usar BlueHarvest (de pago) para mayor comodidad, Vía | Delete Those Mac Dot Files [...] […] podéis usar BlueHarvest (de pago) para mayor comodidad, Vía | Delete Those Mac Dot Files […]

]]> By: frank http://postpostmodern.com/instructional/terminal-tip-delete-those-mac-dot-files/comment-page-1/#comment-1903 frank Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:16:24 +0000 http://postpostmodern.com/?p=396#comment-1903 Is an SD card considered the same as a network volume? if so, this command in your recent discovery might solve problems many music players have with SD cards filled on a mac (they stumble over the . filenames). My SD card reader just went bust and I don't have a new mac with the reader built in so I'll have to wait to test this. Is an SD card considered the same as a network volume? if so, this command in your recent discovery might solve problems many music players have with SD cards filled on a mac (they stumble over the . filenames).

My SD card reader just went bust and I don’t have a new mac with the reader built in so I’ll have to wait to test this.

]]> By: Jason Johnson http://postpostmodern.com/instructional/terminal-tip-delete-those-mac-dot-files/comment-page-1/#comment-1703 Jason Johnson Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:59:38 +0000 http://postpostmodern.com/?p=396#comment-1703 It's true that it's annoying, but unfortunately it's not as simple as just excluding the files from the tar process. Those files don't exist on the Mac. They are created whenever a file is copied to another file system in order to preserve metadata that the Mac (HFS+) file system supports natively. The tricky thing is, tar creates those files _during_ the archiving. So, `--exclude=` doesn't work. The solution is to set the COPYFILE_DISABLE environment variable to true, but most users don't know about it. I didn't realize it [until recently](/instructional/terminal-tip-prevent-creation-of-mac-dot-files/). It’s true that it’s annoying, but unfortunately it’s not as simple as just excluding the files from the tar process. Those files don’t exist on the Mac. They are created whenever a file is copied to another file system in order to preserve metadata that the Mac (HFS+) file system supports natively. The tricky thing is, tar creates those files during the archiving. So, --exclude= doesn’t work.

The solution is to set the COPYFILE_DISABLE environment variable to true, but most users don’t know about it. I didn’t realize it until recently.

]]> By: Nick Yeoman http://postpostmodern.com/instructional/terminal-tip-delete-those-mac-dot-files/comment-page-1/#comment-1614 Nick Yeoman Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:14:28 +0000 http://postpostmodern.com/?p=396#comment-1614 BLAH, I hate those mac jerks who leave their hidden files in tarballs, awesome tutorial! BLAH, I hate those mac jerks who leave their hidden files in tarballs, awesome tutorial!

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