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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


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