[OS X TeX] Web hosting etc

Alain Schremmer schremmer.alain at gmail.com
Sat Oct 6 00:52:15 CEST 2007


I am leaving now and will be back before Monday when I will respond,

Grateful regards
--schremmer



On Oct 5, 2007, at 6:20 PM, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 05.10.2007 um 16:38 schrieb Alain Schremmer:
>
>> I am getting close having to up-load part of the magnum opus.
>
> Use Finder for the file transfer.
>
> One Finder window shows your opus, i.e. the root file plus other  
> files or directories. A second Finder window shows the server. To  
> open this second window you can type in Terminal 'open <that  
> server's address and directory name>' or use in a Finder window the  
> 'Connect to Server' entry in the Go menu. Then it's easy to drag  
> objects from one window to the other.
>
> There is only the problem with the usually invisible .DS_Store  
> files. As http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301711  
> describes, you need to invoke a command from Terminal's command line:
>
> 	defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores  
> true
>
> and log-off and in again, then Finder won't create such a file on  
> the server. I am not sure whether .DS_Store files in sub- 
> directories would be copied ... To prevent copying you can delete  
> them from the command line in Terminal:
>
> 	find <where the root file is> -type f -name .DS_Store -exec rm {}  
> \; -print
>
> It will report which Desktop Services Store files have been deleted.
>
>
> To re-enable Finder's default behaviour you can invoke:
>
> 	defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores  
> false
>
> presumingly. Or simply invoke:
>
> 	rm  ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktopservices.plist
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>   Pete
>
> Math illiteracy affects 7 out of every 5 Americans.
>
>
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