Subject: Re: Hidden Files Not Being Copied
From: Ray Zimmerman (rz10@cornell.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 18 2001 - 12:57:37 EST
I think this is an excellent idea ... probably the best we can do ...
unfortunately changing the invisible flag from MacOS of my .htaccess
file, for example, would change the name on the *nix side (and now my
web server would no longer see it). As a Mac user, changing the state
of the invisible flag should not have any effects beyond changing the
visibility of the file, but I guess you pretty much have to throw out
those kind of expectations when you start working in a mixed OS
environment.
So, I think it's a good idea.
Ray
At 9:12 AM -0800 1/18/01, Bryn Hughes wrote:
>It really doesn't sound like it would be impossible to impliment...
>something along the lines of:
>
>if <filename> starts with '.' then
> if <filename> is not '.AppleDouble' then
> copy file, stripping leading period
> set invisible to true
>
>
>I know that the MacOS by default WILL copy any hidden files/folders
>in a directory. If you want to see nice evidence of this copy the
>root level of a Mac's disk to a netatalk share. All the invisible
>files get copied too. In fact you'll even get messages about
>copying the desktop printers, as they reside inside the invisible
>'Desktop Folder' at the root level of the disk. So in theory files
>comming FROM a UNIX share that start with a period should be made
>invisible.
>
>I really don't see any reason to keep anything whatsoever like a
>period in the beginning of the name once it's on the Mac. It's
>there in Unix as a flag, it just needs to be paired with the
>invisible flag on the Mac side.
>
>Actually, that would probably solve a few of the stranger things
>that happen with invisible folders/files being visible. Is it
>possible to have netatalk perform this translataion both ways? I.E.
>files from a Mac with the invisible flag get a period added to their
>name on the Unix side, and files beginning with a period get an
>invisible flag when copied to the Mac side. The ideal solution
>would be to have netatalk seamlessly doing this conversion even with
>something as simple as a directory listing. That way it would be
>completely transparent to everyone.
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