Re: Hidden Files Not Being Copied


Subject: Re: Hidden Files Not Being Copied
From: Ray Zimmerman (rz10@cornell.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 18 2001 - 13:58:16 EST


At 6:21 PM +0000 1/18/01, Philip J Spence wrote:
>The AppleVolumes.default shipped with netatalk-1.4.99-0.20001108 contains
>these lines.
>
># nohex -> don't do :hex translations for anything
># except dot files. specify usedots as well if
># you want that turned off. note: this option
># makes the / character illegal.
># usedots -> don't do :hex translation for dot files. note: when
># this option gets set, certain file names
># become illegal. these are .Parent and
># anything that starts with .Apple. also, dot
># files created on the unix side are marked
># invisible.
>
>Useful?

Anyone played with this?

Sounds like 'usedots' may only do the dot->invisible translation but
not the other way.

I'll have to check this out if I get some time.

        Ray



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