At 12:18 PM -0500 12/11/2008, Steve R wrote: >When an application or folder is expanded from a non-.dmg >container, as a rule of thumb, would it be safe to say that any >invisible files associated with that application or folder end up on >the drive or partition where the application or folder is expanded >(vs. on the drive where the application being used to expand the >files is located)?
Depends on the bugs in the expansion program (aka StuffIt Expander etc). Some apps (eg: TurboTax) have invisible files embedded within their packages. They do this to prevent piracy etc. It's dumb but they do it anyway. >If an app or folder is mounted via a .dmg image, and the >app/associated files are not opened in any way, would there be any >invisible files left behind when the image is closed? No. The virtual disk is self-contained. >What is the best way to get rid of these unused invisible files? Trash the enclosing folder. or issue rm commands from Terminal. or use File Buddy to make 'em all visible then trash 'em... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
