[OT] .ds_store Messing Up ZIP

[Richard Gaskin]

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.

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