On May 8, 2010, at 9:41 AM, Andrew King wrote: > Anyway can anyone suggest some terminal command magic to train the OS > to omit the hidden files?
Not to prevent them but there's a command 'dot_clean' which will delete them. Close any windows on the device in Finder. Start up terminal and do: dot_clean /Volumes/<name of device in Finder> So if, for example, you have a memory stick labelled 'Untitled' in the finder it would be dot_clean -m /Volumes/Untitled The -m means always delete the '._' files. Then eject the device in finder after doing this. -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
