Those prefixed files are created everytime you copy something from
HFS, HFS+ partitions to some flat file partition such as CDFS, Fat32,
Ext2... The finder creates it so that it does not lose resource fork
information. Deleting it might endanger your app depending on how the
app was programed. On an app that makes heavy use of the resource
fork for storing icons, images and stuff, you can be sure that
deleting that file will break things. The finder will also reassemble
the files as they are moved back onto HFS/HFS+
Cheers
andre
PS: Gotta love those ADC docs...
On Mar 9, 2006, at 2:24 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:
What this article doesn't say is what happens if you don't see both
file, then what does not 'safely ignoring' the file do? Is it
unsafe to delete the file in some cases?
And how does the file get put back together? Does the OS know how
to do this?
"The second new file has the name of the original file prefixed by
a "._ " and contains the resource fork of the original file. If you
see both files, the ._ file can be safely ignored. Sometimes when
deleting a file, the ._ component will not be deleted. If this
occurs you can safely delete the ._ file."
Tom
On Mar 9, 2006, at 12:03 PM, Robert Brenstein wrote:
Francis,
One more small point. When I drop my files onto (would
you believe it ?) a Lexar JumpDrive, and move to the PC,
I find that I have twice the files I thought. I get the same
number of Alias ? files, equivalent to the files I copied.
How do I remove this problem ?
I have simply ignored the files that whose names start with "._".
I suspect these files contain the resource fork data -- if the
file has any. Since Rev stacks have nothing in the resource
fork, it shouldn't be an issue...and hasn't been for moi.
Rob Cozens, CCW
Serendipity Software Company
For those wondering about those ._ files, here is the explanation
from the "guilty" party, Apple itself:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106510
For most files, these ._ are actually empty and in case of Rev
stacks safely ditched.
Robert
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