Subject: Re: Hidden Files Not Being Copied
From: Ray Zimmerman (rz10@cornell.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 18 2001 - 12:26:01 EST
At 2:49 PM +0000 1/18/01, Basil Hussain wrote:
>Hi,
>
>> I have no problems creating a folder on my local Mac disk with a file
>> named .htaccess in it. I can duplicate that folder with no trouble
>> and I can even copy it to my netatalk volume and back with no trouble.
>
>My problem wan't that I couldn't copy. On the contrary, there are no
>problems there. It was just that when copying/duplicating a folder
>*containing* a .htaccess file, the .htaccess file itself wasn't being copied
>(in fact, no 'dot' hidden files at all).
>
>Thanks for the reply anyway.
But that's exactly what I'm saying I can do just fine. I create a
folder on the Mac and save a file called .htaccess in that folder. I
copy the folder to my netatalk volume (the file goes with it). I
duplicate the folder on the netatalk volume (the file is in the
duplicated folder). I copy the new folder somewhere else on the
netatalk volume (the .htaccess file gets copied with it).
It all behaves just fine as far as I can see.
... ah ... just tried something else. It seems that if I create the
.htaccess on the Unix side I run into the trouble you see. But if the
file is created from the Mac (either via Save As to the netatalk
volume or via copy from a Mac disk to the netatalk volume) it works
fine because it encodes the '.' in the file name as ':2e').
Hope this helps ...
Ray
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