Which Mac OS X version are we talking about? That's *really* important information when talking about xattrs and MacFUSE, you know.
Amit On May 7, 2:04 pm, freeridecoding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear list! > > It seems as if the Finder cannot create a file containing a larger > amount of data inside the resourcefork on a FUSE volume. > > The issue can be reproduced on an unaltered version of LoopBackFS. It > consistently occurs when the xattr methods are removed (and > Appledouble files are created). > > When copying files with resourceforks that are of small size (label > colors, small textclippings...) everything works as expected. > > However, if you copy a file with a larger resourcefork using the > Finder, the file ends up damaged on the Loop volume, independently if > AppleDouble files are used or the xattr example implementation. > As a "large" testfile I use a 1.4MB image clipping. The damaged > clipping file on the target always shows a size of 128kb in my test > cases. The problem consistently occurs on my own filesystem > implementation which is quite different from the LoopBack FS case. > > The problem does NOT occur if the file is copied via cp. Then both > creation of xattrs or appledouble files works as expected. > > If I understand all correctly, this would mean that some Finder > checking would lead to an interruption in copying the extended > attributes. I have tried to track what is different from the usual > file creation and writing but I do not see anything special. > > I am not sure if the Finder probably checks parts of the xattrs during > writing parts of the data, but I do not see any room left to satisfy > the Finder on the implementation side. > > Is there any way satisfy the finder so the resourcefork data is > preserved on the FUSE volume? > Is there any known issue I have overlooked? > > Thanks for your time, > Thomas B --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "macfuse-devel" group. To post to this group, send email to macfuse-devel@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
