Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 13:36:13 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@mail.iowna.com> To: christoph.sold@server.i-clue.de Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netatalk, NFS and Samba Message-ID: <3A65E61D.E1A469F0@mail.iowna.com> References: <3A64ABD7.DE69A9B9@mail.iowna.com> <3A65DEFF.BB5469E5@i-clue.de>
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Thanks for the reply: Christoph Sold wrote: > >From the netatalk afpd man page: > > Unix files beginning with '.' are not accessible from the > mac. > > Hence you cannot delete directories containing dot files, since the Mac > Finder does not know there are still files to delete in the directory > you want to kill. True, but netatalk is _creating_ these dotfiles (.AppleDouble and .AppleDesktop) and has no trouble deleting them when the directory was created by the Mac. I've been digging into the sourcecode,and the deletion of a directory specifically removes these Apple-specific dotfiles. The mystery is "why does it have trouble with them under these circumstances" > There is no workaround. The more I look into it, the more I think it's a bug ... unfortunately, I haven't found the root cause of it yet. > You should post to the netatalk list, too. I have, and reported it to the Netatalk bug reporting system as well. No reply yet. > I have no idea ;) Hmmm ... perhaps I should post to questions@bakers.org > Definitely. Just wait till I get started! Thanks, Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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