Subject: Re: Hidden Files Not Being Copied
From: Duncan Sinclair (sinclair@dis.strath.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Jan 19 2001 - 09:34:55 EST
>The sequence may be slightly different than I described. Here was
>exactly what I was doing ...
>1. Use WinNT to copy a folder tree full of stuff onto the FreeBSD server
>via Samba
>2. Sit down at the FreeBSD box and verify that the files/directories had
>ownership/perms that it should be deletable by Netatalk users.
>3. Attempt to delete the folder tree from a Mac
>Result: all files are deleted, directories are not. Mac give a "can not
>delete because in use" error.
>On the server, the .AppleDouble files remain (these were created by
>Netatalk when the Mac browsed the tree) but no other files exist ... "rm
>-r *" deletes the tree without error. It can also be deleted from the
>WinNT station.
Do any of the files have a name longer than 32 characters???
These files also are never seem by a Mac, and so cannot be deleted,
and a directory containing them will not be deleteable.
Duncan.
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