[missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] File transfer problems

[Olivier Scherler]

> Sorry Guys.  Wrong again.  I'm talking about two PCMCIA>CF "readers"  One 
> 4-in-1 PCMCIA card reader.  A Zio Dazzle SD USB card reader.  A Lexar CF 
> firewire 
> reader.  A 2GB PCMCIA hard drive. A 5GB PCMCIA hard drive.  All written to on 
> a Mac.  All viewed on an iPaq 3955 and 3850.  All viewed on Windows 98SE and 
> XP Home.  Never.  None.  Nada. Ever. Not even one file, once.

Then either:
- none of the files you copied had a resource forks;
- some software on your particular Mac prevents it from making the ._xyz files;
- the software used to make the copy (cp, rsync, ...) does not preserve resource
forks;
- some software or setting on your Pocket PC prevents it from displaying these
.._xyz files;
- the file system of your cards preserves (or makes the Mac think it does)
resource forks (like HFS, HFS+) so the Mac has no need to create a separate file
for the resource fork.

What version of the Mac OS were you using when you copied these files? Did you
install any drivers for these readers/disks?

The files appearing when copying a folder are spelled .DS_Store, and they are
'real' files, completely different from the ._xyz 'pseudo' files used to store
the second part (resource fork) of a single xyz file.

If several people saw these files and know enough to tell why they're here, you
not seeing them will not make them vanish. If you're not affected by the
problem, fine, but let the others discuss it.

Olivier