[OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP

[Richard Gaskin]

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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