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Stop Mac OS X creating hidden files when using the tar command
0304 days
by James Elsey
in Mac OS X
Last week I found something quite frustrating with the tar command on Mac OS X, it likes to put hidden files into archives when you tar them up, it doesn’t give you any warning, just does it.
Creating a tar, and then having a look at its contents, you’ll see something like this :
JamesMac:staging-area JElsey$ tar -tf MyApplication.tar.gz src/ src/._MyApplication.cmd src/MyApplication.cmd src/._MyApplication.properties src/MyApplication.properties src/lib/ src/lib/._anExternalJar.jar src/lib/anExternalJar.jar
Notice the files prefixed with “._”.
You can quite easily stop this, by setting the following environment variable (I prefer to set this up in the bashrc_profile):
Recursively deleting .svn directories
0330 days
Messing around with your subversion directories and fed up of the .svn hidden folders laying around? If you try and checkin some directories that contain a .svn folder from some other repository, you’re going to have a whole world of pain trying to fix it (speaking from first hand experience here)
The easiest way to clear up rogue .svn directories is to run this command (on linux or mac). It will recursively find all directories named .svn, and pass them in for removal.
