"._" appended to file prefix
Our Graphics Dept. has a couple of Macs running OS X.
Our LAN storage & backup is MS SBS 2003 [NTFS]
Some of our stored/backup graphic files have "._ " added to the prefix resulting in a name like "._abcd.eps" They cannot be opened in Photoshop or any thing else that we have tried.
An article at docs.info.apple.com [#106510] says that this can result from "...the Apple Double format moving a file to a different file system..."
This is not helpful.
The article talks about two files being created. We have only one file.
The article talks about it being OK to delete that file if it wasn't deleted when the other file was deleted.
This is not helpful. [We have not tried to delete any of these files]
Is there any way to restore this file to something we can access [ and at the needed graphics quality] ?
How can we prevent this from happening in the future?
Our LAN storage & backup is MS SBS 2003 [NTFS]
Some of our stored/backup graphic files have "._ " added to the prefix resulting in a name like "._abcd.eps" They cannot be opened in Photoshop or any thing else that we have tried.
An article at docs.info.apple.com [#106510] says that this can result from "...the Apple Double format moving a file to a different file system..."
This is not helpful.
The article talks about two files being created. We have only one file.
The article talks about it being OK to delete that file if it wasn't deleted when the other file was deleted.
This is not helpful. [We have not tried to delete any of these files]
Is there any way to restore this file to something we can access [ and at the needed graphics quality] ?
How can we prevent this from happening in the future?
For every "._abcd.eps" is there a corresponding "abcd.eps" ?
ASKER
>For every...<
Nope.
We only have one of each file and that one has the " ._"
I can rename the files but Photoshop still won't open them [Photoshop says "...the parser cannot parse the file".] & Windows won't allow me to change the name back.
It sees the string after the 1st "." as the file extension and tells me I need to give the file a name.
Nope.
We only have one of each file and that one has the " ._"
I can rename the files but Photoshop still won't open them [Photoshop says "...the parser cannot parse the file".] & Windows won't allow me to change the name back.
It sees the string after the 1st "." as the file extension and tells me I need to give the file a name.
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ASKER
CABIS> That is pretty much what the article at apple.com said.
The trouble is we don't want to delete anything.
These particular files are about 3 years old and it looks like somebody messed up back then & copied/moved the wrong file to a job folder.
The trouble is we don't want to delete anything.
These particular files are about 3 years old and it looks like somebody messed up back then & copied/moved the wrong file to a job folder.
erl -ne ' for( <*._*.*> $r=$_; $r=~s/\._//g; rename $_, $r or warn "rename $_,$r $!"}'
will change the "._abcd.eps" to "abcd.eps"
will change the "._abcd.eps" to "abcd.eps"
ASKER
Thanks, ozo, but I can rename them just fine.
Renaming doesn't solve the problem.
Renaming doesn't solve the problem.
ASKER
The information from your link provided me with the additional information I needed to clarify the situation.
Thanks.
Thanks.
will change the "._abcd.eps" to ".abcd.eps"