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.DS_Store (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] ulterno 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

You'd want that, but a lot of programs do that, both in Windows and Linux.

e.g. The .directory files with the [Desktop Entry] spec by freedesktop.org
Dolphin has the option to enable/disable the feature

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

today I learned - using Linux at home since 2005ish and I have never had an auto-file generated on any USB attached drives of mine...

[–] ulterno 2 points 1 day ago

I have manually made .directory files (using a bash script) to set icons on folders.

It feels good when programs let you know what they intend on doing.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

FWIW Dolphin only does it if the filesystem doesn't provide a way to add that metadata directly to the directory and you change the view configuration for that directory away from your standard configuration. Which is how the standard describes to do it. (Some file managers incorrectly add those .directory files to every directory you visit.)

A mac will add a .DS_Store file to any directory just by breathing on it.

[–] ulterno 8 points 1 day ago

Well, those are different specifications. Apple(who wants everything for themselves) vs FDO(whose main goal seems to be interoperability)