topic Strange dot files after importing images with webdav in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/strange-dot-files-after-importing-images-with-webdav/m-p/206933#M160063 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have Alfresco 3.0 labs and when I copy an image file into my repository using webdav on my Mac, if the type is jpeg I get a strange extra file called ._&lt;name&gt;.jpg&nbsp; where the original file was &lt;name&gt;.jpg&nbsp;&nbsp; The .jpg file is imported okay - but the ._ file doesn't seem to be a valid image - it always seems to be 4096 bytes long and inside it contains a bunch of nulls, including the text "This resource fork intentionally left blank".&nbsp; Running 'file' on it identifies the file as "AppleDouble encoded Macintosh file".&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is this some weird artifact of MacOS webdav (maybe trying to create an icon in the webdav dir?) or is it a webdav bug or what?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Interstingly it doesn't seem to happen with .gif and .png files.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I do not have ImageMagick installed on my server.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:13:50 GMT moschops 2009-04-04T00:13:50Z Strange dot files after importing images with webdav https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/strange-dot-files-after-importing-images-with-webdav/m-p/206933#M160063 I have Alfresco 3.0 labs and when I copy an image file into my repository using webdav on my Mac, if the type is jpeg I get a strange extra file called ._&lt;name&gt;.jpg&nbsp; where the original file was &lt;name&gt;.jpg&nbsp;&nbsp; The .jpg file is imported okay - but the ._ file doesn't seem to be a valid image Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:13:50 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/strange-dot-files-after-importing-images-with-webdav/m-p/206933#M160063 moschops 2009-04-04T00:13:50Z Re: Strange dot files after importing images with webdav https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/strange-dot-files-after-importing-images-with-webdav/m-p/206934#M160064 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Those would be the MacOS files used by the OS.&nbsp; I am trying to figure out a way to get rid of them myself.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:18:48 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/strange-dot-files-after-importing-images-with-webdav/m-p/206934#M160064 sirloxelroy 2011-08-02T18:18:48Z