Re: Invisible file issue now a real 'bug'
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1999
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I think invisible Icon_ files pop up when sharing. I think it's where the system puts info regarding how to display the folder - open; closed; etc. on accessing systems. I've seen the file appear after accessing a volume with Timbuktu and AppleTalk file sharing.Ken pounded me pretty hard last time I suggested that it might be sharing, but it seems logical that these files are probably a means of speeding up display of shared volumes.The real problem is that Apple's OS erratically deposits these terds. Shouldn't there be a more elegant way to do this?Ion 12/17/99 10:15 AM, Christer Olsson at christer@ljusaideer.se wrote:>>> A bug in your code? Yes. A bug in Webcat? No. What you describe >>> is a coding style which is not adequately defensive. >> >> Wrong, no one knew about this until I found it and posted the facts >> to this list less than two weeks ago. If anything it's PCS's fault >> for letting this kind of thing out without adequately documenting >> the PROPER coding methods so we don't have to worry about MacOS >> invisible files being trashed by webcatalog ... >> >> Webcat should NOT recognize invisible files any more than webstar >> does! Webcat is not an expert OS manipulation tool, like ResEdi, it >> a CGI that's supposed to leave the OS alone -- and that includes >> invisible files placed on the drive by the OS. > > I agree with Ken fully here. The default behaviour should be not to show > invisible files, if one would like to show invisible files one should have to > add a &Invisible=T or something like that. > > I was bitten by something similar as Ken was a couple of weeks ago, when a > file listing started to show the Temporary Items and Network Trash Folder > in a shared folder. Easy to work around, but not very user-friendly. > > ************************************************************* > Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 > Ljusa Idéer AB S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 > Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se > > ############################################################# > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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I think invisible Icon_ files pop up when sharing. I think it's where the system puts info regarding how to display the folder - open; closed; etc. on accessing systems. I've seen the file appear after accessing a volume with Timbuktu and AppleTalk file sharing.Ken pounded me pretty hard last time I suggested that it might be sharing, but it seems logical that these files are probably a means of speeding up display of shared volumes.The real problem is that Apple's OS erratically deposits these terds. Shouldn't there be a more elegant way to do this?Ion 12/17/99 10:15 AM, Christer Olsson at christer@ljusaideer.se wrote:>>> A bug in your code? Yes. A bug in Webcat? No. What you describe >>> is a coding style which is not adequately defensive. >> >> Wrong, no one knew about this until I found it and posted the facts >> to this list less than two weeks ago. If anything it's PCS's fault >> for letting this kind of thing out without adequately documenting >> the PROPER coding methods so we don't have to worry about MacOS >> invisible files being trashed by webcatalog ... >> >> Webcat should NOT recognize invisible files any more than webstar >> does! Webcat is not an expert OS manipulation tool, like ResEdi, it >> a CGI that's supposed to leave the OS alone -- and that includes >> invisible files placed on the drive by the OS. > > I agree with Ken fully here. The default behaviour should be not to show > invisible files, if one would like to show invisible files one should have to > add a &Invisible=T or something like that. > > I was bitten by something similar as Ken was a couple of weeks ago, when a > file listing started to show the Temporary Items and Network Trash Folder > in a shared folder. Easy to work around, but not very user-friendly. > > ************************************************************* > Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 > Ljusa Idéer AB S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 > Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se > > ############################################################# > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to > > Send administrative queries to > ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to
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