** with apologies for cross-posting ** On 22 May 2007, at 07:40, sbbluebox wrote:
> working with macfusion, macfuse & ntfs-3g > > - using normal ftp-apps will avoid copying "._ files" to the server, This is sometimes a bad thing. I have recently reviewed my opinions of previously valued 'normal' FTP- and SFTP-oriented applications. (A separate thread. More on this to follow.) > but if you mount your ftp-directory with macfusion on your desktop > these files will created. Especially for instant edting of *.css & > *.html files or copying them to your web-directory via finder this > will a greater issue, because e.g. pmwiki is not able to load a unique > file anymore, due to the both files named "my_html.tmpl" & > "._my_html.tmpl". Any ideas to handle this? Issues such as this are, IMO, most definitely problems for end users. Consider my thoughts at <http://code.google.com/p/macfusion/issues/detail?id=115#c4> but please note that the issue there is _specific to Xbox_ and I'm doing plenty of _guesswork_. Defocusing from pmwiki and Xbox, I predict a variety of curious or annoying situations, arising from the way that Finder (Mac OS X 10.4) copies from multi-fork capable file systems including *but not limited to* HFS+. <http://code.google.com/p/macfusion/issues/detail?id=45> for examples of other multi-fork capable protocols/systems. That prediction need not be gloomy. I have contacts, way beyond MacFusion, with individuals and groups who may have vested interests in solving (or at least working around) such issues. I can't promise anything, but ... watch this space. ## In the meantime, for sbbluebox, a question/suggestion: If you use something like GrimRipperCM <http://free.abracode.com/cmworkshop/grim_ripper.html> to positively strip the resource forks from source files, prior to Finder copying to the remote destination: * do you still end up with ._ dot underscore counterparts at the destination? (Don't remove resource forks unless you _really_ want to do so.) ## Applications' occasional disrespect for ## deprecation of resource forks Whilst resource forks may be deprecated, not all 'modern' applications respect that deprecation. (AFAIK for years following the introduction of Mac OS X, Microsoft Office continued to needlessly add a resource fork to each and every file that it saved. Don't get me started on Microsoft.) Finder aside: * might the applications that are used for editing of .css and .html files be adding resource forks where they are not needed? If application developers (some of whom have a Windows-oriented heritage) follow Microsoft's published statements on the purpose of resource forks, then those developers may well misunderstand the true purpose. -- Graham Perrin MacFusion Project member (non-code contributor) <http://code.google.com/p/macfusion/> MacFusion - a GUI for MacFUSE <http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/08/mgorbach/MacFusionWeb/> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "macfuse-devel" group. 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/macfuse-devel?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
