Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
ditto that here... I use DropZip nearly every day... skts On Jan 03, 2006, at 7:25 PM, Ken Ray wrote: I ran into the same problem and bought Stuffit so I could use DropZip... this creates a "clean" zip file, which I use whenever I know the other user may or may not have OS X. It's served me well... ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
Hello Revers, I just wanted to tell you, inspired by this topic, that I just uploaded a little plugin that will do the job... It's called "Free us" and it's in the "Utilities"-categorie of revOnline... It will erase those "nasty" .DS_Files and even, if you wish, zip this cleaned folder... Just drag and drop Enjoy, Christian L. Luxembourg ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
On 1/3/06 6:14 PM, "Scott Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any Mac utility out there that allows one to poke around inside a > ZIP archive to delete these extraneous .ds_store files? Or even better, > some way to tell Stuffit to ignore/delete these files in the first place? I ran into the same problem and bought Stuffit so I could use DropZip... this creates a "clean" zip file, which I use whenever I know the other user may or may not have OS X. It's served me well... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
Scott, I have a plugin for MacOSX users which will display all invisible files in a folder and you can also choose to make them visible. From there it's an easy step to remove them. Plugin named: altFileMgr Type in the MSG box: go URL "http://www.gadgetplugins.com/altplugins/revAltFileMgr.rev"; best, Chipp Scott Rossi wrote: I've been plagued by this enough that I thought I would ask... For me, creating simple ZIP archives on Mac systems that contain a few files is usually straightforward. However, I often find that when the ZIP archives starts to contain nested subfolders, I often wind up with invisible .ds_store files that corrupt the archive when it comes time to decompress on Windows systems. The only recourse seems to be to move folders over to Windows, delete any .ds_store files, and compress there. Is there any Mac utility out there that allows one to poke around inside a ZIP archive to delete these extraneous .ds_store files? Or even better, some way to tell Stuffit to ignore/delete these files in the first place? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
Or use CleanArchiver, which is freeware and can compress to the following formats: gzip bzip2 zip DiskImage Stuffit StuffitX Greetings, Wouter On 04 Jan 2006, at 02:21, Ton Kuypers wrote: I use Stuffit to create SIT files for distribution to Macs and ZIP files for distribution to Windows users... And Stuffit has got an option NOT to copy these pesky hidden files... Works perfect, can advice it to anyone! Warm regards, Ton Kuypers Digital Media Partners bvba Tel. +32 (0)477 / 739 530 Fax +32 (0)14 / 71 03 04 http://www.dmp-int.com On 4-jan-06, at 01:14, Scott Rossi wrote: I've been plagued by this enough that I thought I would ask... For me, creating simple ZIP archives on Mac systems that contain a few files is usually straightforward. However, I often find that when the ZIP archives starts to contain nested subfolders, I often wind up with invisible .ds_store files that corrupt the archive when it comes time to decompress on Windows systems. The only recourse seems to be to move folders over to Windows, delete any .ds_store files, and compress there. Is there any Mac utility out there that allows one to poke around inside a ZIP archive to delete these extraneous .ds_store files? Or even better, some way to tell Stuffit to ignore/delete these files in the first place? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
Sorry... forgot to mention I'm using Stuffit Deluxe 9... In the preferences I can set "Ignore Finder desktop files", THAT prevents copying all invisible files into the ZIP. Warm regards, Ton Kuypers Digital Media Partners bvba Tel. +32 (0)477 / 739 530 Fax +32 (0)14 / 71 03 04 http://www.dmp-int.com On 4-jan-06, at 01:14, Scott Rossi wrote: I've been plagued by this enough that I thought I would ask... For me, creating simple ZIP archives on Mac systems that contain a few files is usually straightforward. However, I often find that when the ZIP archives starts to contain nested subfolders, I often wind up with invisible .ds_store files that corrupt the archive when it comes time to decompress on Windows systems. The only recourse seems to be to move folders over to Windows, delete any .ds_store files, and compress there. Is there any Mac utility out there that allows one to poke around inside a ZIP archive to delete these extraneous .ds_store files? Or even better, some way to tell Stuffit to ignore/delete these files in the first place? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
I use Stuffit to create SIT files for distribution to Macs and ZIP files for distribution to Windows users... And Stuffit has got an option NOT to copy these pesky hidden files... Works perfect, can advice it to anyone! Warm regards, Ton Kuypers Digital Media Partners bvba Tel. +32 (0)477 / 739 530 Fax +32 (0)14 / 71 03 04 http://www.dmp-int.com On 4-jan-06, at 01:14, Scott Rossi wrote: I've been plagued by this enough that I thought I would ask... For me, creating simple ZIP archives on Mac systems that contain a few files is usually straightforward. However, I often find that when the ZIP archives starts to contain nested subfolders, I often wind up with invisible .ds_store files that corrupt the archive when it comes time to decompress on Windows systems. The only recourse seems to be to move folders over to Windows, delete any .ds_store files, and compress there. Is there any Mac utility out there that allows one to poke around inside a ZIP archive to delete these extraneous .ds_store files? Or even better, some way to tell Stuffit to ignore/delete these files in the first place? ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
On Jan 3, 2006, at 7:29 PM, Phil Davis wrote: dot-file removal is one of my standard steps when creating a cross- platform CD. From what little I can tell, I assume those files are probably Mac resource forks that only show up on a platform that doesn't understand them (Windows). Is that the way you guys understand them? Not (as I understand it) resource forks (which have to do with files; do we even still have them in OSX??), but artifacts of the Darwin filesystem. Charles ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
I wrote: Actually, it stores Finder folder info such as icon sizes, display options, background color or picture, window size and location, etc. This is only useful for OS X. Many (if not most) .dmg images contain one of these files so that when the image mounts, the author's custom background will display. Never mind, I see you guys already know this and I'd misread the question. Forget me. I'm still groggy from the holidays. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
Scott Try the free program "FinderCleaner" which is able to clean (remove!) the following: - .DS_Store files - Resource forks - FBC files - .Trashes Here's the description from the ReadMe: What is it? FinderCleaner is a small application that helps you when you share volumes or folders with Windows users (or any other OS for that matter), for example USB memory sticks. FinderCleaner deletes some files and folders invisible to Mac users but visible to Windows users so Windows users don't get stuck with annoying files that have no use to them. Mac users need not to worry about deleting these files because the volume will still work as usual. Note that you cannot move files to the trash on the selected volume after running this app until you eject and mount it again. You can still delete files but you will be warned that they will be deleted immediately. This app may also be of use when you have trouble with devices like mp3 players or mobile phones that have trouble with Mac OS specific files. What does it exactly do? FinderCleaner removes the following files and folders: .DS_Store .Trashes Resource forks. FBC files. Optionally FinderCleaner can eject the volume in a way where the above mentioned files will not be created on eject. Ejecting in the Finder will at least recreate some of the mess you just cleaned. You can download it from the usual places including: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16996 Cheers Peter I've been plagued by this enough that I thought I would ask... For me, creating simple ZIP archives on Mac systems that contain a few files is usually straightforward. However, I often find that when the ZIP archives starts to contain nested subfolders, I often wind up with invisible .ds_store files that corrupt the archive when it comes time to decompress on Windows systems. The only recourse seems to be to move folders over to Windows, delete any .ds_store files, and compress there. Is there any Mac utility out there that allows one to poke around inside a ZIP archive to delete these extraneous .ds_store files? Or even better, some way to tell Stuffit to ignore/delete these files in the first place? Other suggestions welcome. Thanks & Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design -- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
Richard Gaskin wrote: Phil Davis wrote: dot-file removal is one of my standard steps when creating a cross-platform CD. From what little I can tell, I assume those files are probably Mac resource forks that only show up on a platform that doesn't understand them (Windows). Is that the way you guys understand them? Yes, that appears to be the case. But it writes them for most files whether or not they have a resource fork, and of course directories have the Finder info stored in .DS_Store. Actually, it stores Finder folder info such as icon sizes, display options, background color or picture, window size and location, etc. This is only useful for OS X. Many (if not most) .dmg images contain one of these files so that when the image mounts, the author's custom background will display. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
> > Is there any Mac utility out there (details & full quote blow) Scott, this is definitely an annoyance that Apple has created with OSX. try this approach answer folder "" set the defaultfolder to it answer there is a file ".ds_store" delete file ".ds_store" answer there is a file ".ds_store" --now make a new folder there, and bingo.. another .ds_store file :-( Or you can go to Apple http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/findercleaner.ht ml FinderCleaner FinderCleaner cleans hidden files the Finder creates. These files can be annoying in mixed OS environments or they might even cause some deveices like MP3 player not to function correctly. Useful for USB sticks or MP3 players, for example. FinderCleaner cleans the following items: .DS_Store files Resource forks FBC files .Trashes FinderCleaner can also eject a volume in a clean way so no new mess is created by the Finder. What¹s New in this Version - Added version check option - You can no longer enter an empty password and continue - General code optimization Apple is providing links to these applications as a courtesy, and makes no representations regarding the applications or any information related thereto. Any questions, complaints or claims regarding the applications must be directed to the appropriate software vendor. On 1/3/06 4:14 PM, "Scott Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been plagued by this enough that I thought I would ask... > > For me, creating simple ZIP archives on Mac systems that contain a few files > is usually straightforward. However, I often find that when the ZIP > archives starts to contain nested subfolders, I often wind up with invisible > .ds_store files that corrupt the archive when it comes time to decompress on > Windows systems. The only recourse seems to be to move folders over to > Windows, delete any .ds_store files, and compress there. > > Is there any Mac utility out there that allows one to poke around inside a > ZIP archive to delete these extraneous .ds_store files? Or even better, > some way to tell Stuffit to ignore/delete these files in the first place? > > Other suggestions welcome. > > Thanks & Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design > - > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > W: http://www.tactilemedia.com > > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
Phil Davis wrote: dot-file removal is one of my standard steps when creating a cross-platform CD. From what little I can tell, I assume those files are probably Mac resource forks that only show up on a platform that doesn't understand them (Windows). Is that the way you guys understand them? Yes, that appears to be the case. But it writes them for most files whether or not they have a resource fork, and of course directories have the Finder info stored in .DS_Store. I've written a utility to clean my MP3 player after I copy files, but it seems silly to have to do that just to accomodate Apple's insistence that the world be Mac-compatible. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
Trevor DeVore wrote:
On Jan 3, 2006, at 4:14 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
Is there any Mac utility out there that allows one to poke around
inside a
ZIP archive to delete these extraneous .ds_store files?
The terminal can help you here. Open terminal and change to the
directory you want to delete all .ds_store files from (including
subdirectories). One way to do this is to type "cd " and then drag the
folder from the finder. Type "return" and that will change the active
directory of the terminal.
Type this:
find ./ -name ".DS_Store" -exec rm -f {} \;
This should get rid of all the files. I use it all of the time.
Is there a way to tell the OS to never copy any files starting with "."
when copying to removable devices?
Or is the lack of such a critical feature part of Apple's "buy our
hardware or suffer" strategy?
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Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
dot-file removal is one of my standard steps when creating a cross-platform CD. From what little I can tell, I assume those files are probably Mac resource forks that only show up on a platform that doesn't understand them (Windows). Is that the way you guys understand them? Phil Davis Richard Gaskin wrote: Scott Rossi wrote: I've been plagued by this enough that I thought I would ask... For me, creating simple ZIP archives on Mac systems that contain a few files is usually straightforward. However, I often find that when the ZIP archives starts to contain nested subfolders, I often wind up with invisible .ds_store files that corrupt the archive when it comes time to decompress on Windows systems. The only recourse seems to be to move folders over to Windows, delete any .ds_store files, and compress there. Is there any Mac utility out there that allows one to poke around inside a ZIP archive to delete these extraneous .ds_store files? Or even better, some way to tell Stuffit to ignore/delete these files in the first place? Or one step better, a way to tell the OS not to pollute transferred directories with that OS-specific crap? It wreaks havoc with all but a few MP3 players, and really should be something the user can control. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
On Jan 3, 2006, at 4:14 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
Is there any Mac utility out there that allows one to poke around
inside a
ZIP archive to delete these extraneous .ds_store files?
The terminal can help you here. Open terminal and change to the
directory you want to delete all .ds_store files from (including
subdirectories). One way to do this is to type "cd " and then drag
the folder from the finder. Type "return" and that will change the
active directory of the terminal.
Type this:
find ./ -name ".DS_Store" -exec rm -f {} \;
This should get rid of all the files. I use it all of the time.
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Re: [OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
Scott Rossi wrote: I've been plagued by this enough that I thought I would ask... For me, creating simple ZIP archives on Mac systems that contain a few files is usually straightforward. However, I often find that when the ZIP archives starts to contain nested subfolders, I often wind up with invisible .ds_store files that corrupt the archive when it comes time to decompress on Windows systems. The only recourse seems to be to move folders over to Windows, delete any .ds_store files, and compress there. Is there any Mac utility out there that allows one to poke around inside a ZIP archive to delete these extraneous .ds_store files? Or even better, some way to tell Stuffit to ignore/delete these files in the first place? Or one step better, a way to tell the OS not to pollute transferred directories with that OS-specific crap? It wreaks havoc with all but a few MP3 players, and really should be something the user can control. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
[OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP
I've been plagued by this enough that I thought I would ask... For me, creating simple ZIP archives on Mac systems that contain a few files is usually straightforward. However, I often find that when the ZIP archives starts to contain nested subfolders, I often wind up with invisible .ds_store files that corrupt the archive when it comes time to decompress on Windows systems. The only recourse seems to be to move folders over to Windows, delete any .ds_store files, and compress there. Is there any Mac utility out there that allows one to poke around inside a ZIP archive to delete these extraneous .ds_store files? Or even better, some way to tell Stuffit to ignore/delete these files in the first place? Other suggestions welcome. Thanks & Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.tactilemedia.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
