Re: [Netatalk-admins] AppleVolumes.default being ignored on Ubuntu Server 8.04

[Thomas K. <Tho...@ph...>]

Ben Bradley wrote:

> I've removed the trailing ? from .AppleDouble and .AppleDesktop... now it
> works perfectly!

No, that's impossible given the current situation where the whole problem
with filenames and cross-platform file and byte-range locking isn't solved
at the VFS layer.

> I assume I should also remove the trailing ? from:
> TheVolumeSettingsFolder?
> TheFindByContentFolder?
> VolumeIcon?.icns

Of course.

> Finally, what's the :2e for in front of some of the entries?
> Is that anything special? Or is that just part of those directory names?

Macintosh file/folder names starting with a dot will be stored with a "hex
translation" of the leading dot. Compare with the description of the usedots
option in AppleVolumes.default(5).

Regards,

Thomas