Solution: OS X creating "." files on Samba shares

[dricci]

I've found a sort of solution to those "." files that Mac OS X creates on Samba shares.

I've only tested this on Mac OS X.1.1 connected to a share on Windows 2000 Professional.

After you connect to a Samba share and the "." files are created in the directories you visit, disconnect from the Share in OS X.

Now go over to the Windoze Machine. In the share's directories that you connect to frequently, find the "." files. DON'T delete these files! Simply right click > properties on each of these files and mark them as "Hidden." They should then "vanish" from being seen in the directory on the Windows machine (unless you've selected to show Hidden files).

The files will still be there, so Mac OS X will "see" them and will be able to make changes to them, and they'll remain to be hidden on the Win box.

Of course, you have to do this to all of the files in all of the directories you share on the Win machine, but if you're like me it's no big deal, since I only connect to one share on the Windows machine to access my MP3s (why waste valuable space on my Mac HD when I can store them on the Windows machine I hardley ever use?

Post back with your results, and let us know how it works on other versions of Windows that aren't 2000.