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.DS_store files

nullx86

nullx86

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Ok, so I went and transferred some files from my iMac to my W2K8 server, and in each folder that got transferred, is a .DS_STORE file. Last time I did an overhaul on my server, the .DS_STORE files caused file transfers to crash, and give some serious errors. Does anyone know how to stop the files from writing?
 
I know theyre required by OS X, and its not in OS X that theyre causing an issue in. Only on my W2k8 box. I just did a google and found a page on Apple's Support site that should have turned off writing DS_Store files on network storage.
 
So does anyone know how to disable writing on remote media? I did the command line trick, and even copied the plist from ~/Library/Prefs to /library/prefs, but the DS_STORE files are still writing to the remote server. Hell, even trying to rm -i them doesnt work. It will get rid of the top level folders DS_Stores, but any folders within those folders will still have them. Really not too happy about it.
 
There's is a preference that can be used to stop the creation of these files on network drives.

Here's a Terminal command that will delete all .DS_Store files recursively. Just use the cd command to go to the directory you want it to affect first.

Code: 
find . -name '.DS_Store' -delete
Alternatively, you can use the rsync command, which includes and "exclude" argument where you can specify the DS file as one not to copy.
 
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