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Mike Gallacher
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 Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 4:19 pm Post subject: Folders with periods in the name e.g. \.AppleDouble\Folder |
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I am having problems getting VV to copy some subdirectories. I use absolute paths which you can see in the screen shot (local source c: and mapped network target j . It appears to me the problem may be related to the period because the error I see says the problem lies within the higher sub.
In other words everything in ..\Bagel\ gets copied from source to target except it's subfolder that starts with a period ..\Bagel\.AppleDouble\
Regarding .AppleDouble subdirectory, VV logs "file not found errors" against a subdirectory that does not even exist, Bagel. I refresh the scan and the folders are not only still there but also correctly named. I execute the VV backup/mirror process and the errors repeat.
Is there a mask or trick I have missed somewhere for handling this?
Thanks in advance.
Mike
PS - I didn't see a convenient upload option for the screen shot and your system doesn't seem to like external links. If my explanation is insufficienmt please provide a means to send or post pictures/videos. |
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TGRMN Software
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Mike Gallacher
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:20 pm Post subject: Screen shot was emailed yesterday morning |
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| Screen shot was emailed yesterday morning |
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Mike Gallacher
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 3:36 pm Post subject: problem report status request |
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| It's been a while. I'd like to assume you received the screen shot and have internally confirmed the problem is real. I'd rather you provided a status update though. |
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TGRMN Software
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I received the screenshot, thanks. I think the issue is that folders can't start with a . in Windows. I tried creating a folder in Windows Explorer starting with . , but it will not allow that.
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Mike Gallacher
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:42 am Post subject: I'll ask my boss how he got them on this windows machine |
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| I'll report back when I have an answer. Thank you for the update. |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:08 pm Post subject: Dot folders do exist! |
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| TGRMN Software wrote: | | I received the screenshot, thanks. I think the issue is that folders can't start with a . in Windows. I tried creating a folder in Windows Explorer starting with . , but it will not allow that. |
I use a digital mapping program - OziExplorer. It is not 'installed' but the unzipped files are placed in a folder (generally 'C:\OziExplorer') and when first run, it makes a number of sub-folders in it's own folder.
With XP Pro SP3 all is well, but then I bought a replacement computer with W7 Pro 64bit. So using VV I just copied the folder structure from old to new.
All appeared well, until I noticed that certain defaults, that I had changed in OziEx with W7, were lost when next run. This did not happen with XP.
The problem was caused, apparently by W7 making a folder, 'C:Users\{name}\.OziExplorer'. Note the dot.
I hate Windows dumping data files into the 'black hole' of User, in a non-structured order. So I always relocate them, thus saving backing-up GBs of junk.
Fortunately OziExplorer has a switch to force Windows into using it's own folder ('C:\OziExplorer' in my case).
It's been recommended to not use Windows program folders since Vista (which I never used).
I did try to rename the dot folder when I first discovered it, by adding an extra character at the front, but Windows just made a new dot folder until I used the program's switch.
I don't have a problem with this and VV, but have posted as an example of dot folders appearing automatically on W7. |
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