.DS_store files

[nullx86]

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?

 

[celticpride678]

Those are required by Mac OS X. If they're causing issues, the best thing to do it rebuild their database using Onyx.

 

[nullx86]

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.

 

[GGJstudios]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.DS_Store

 

[nullx86]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.DS_Store

yeah, I get what its for, but how will I get it so it stops writing on remote/networked storage? I just a command line trick from Apple and it didnt work, still writing DS_Store files to my W2K8 box.

 

[nullx86]

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.

 

[angelwatt]

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.

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.