Hi - it depends on exactly how you are viewing the folders / files - but for now I just wouldn't worry about them.
Cheers, Steve.
On 22 Jul 2014, at 05:49, Isobel French <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> How do I prevent the hidden files from appearing in my directories and files? TQvm!
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Isobel French
> Academic Coordinator and Research Officer
> Division of Neurosurgery
> Department of Surgery
> Faculty of Medicine
> University of Malaya
> 016-7937605
> 03-79493138
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Isobel French <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Tq so much for your advice!!
>
>
> On Friday, July 18, 2014, Matthew Webster <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Isobel,
> Although the command listed below is in itself fine, it should be noted that running _any_ command on the root filesystem as superuser is potentially extremely dangerous and should be discouraged for non-essential purposes!
>
> Kind Regards
> Matthew
>
>> Dear Isobel,
>>
>> .DS_Store is short for "Desktop Services Store" in Mac OS. If you want to delete them, just open "Terminal" (in the Applications/Utilities), and then type in
>> "sudo find / -name “.DS_Store” -depth -exec rm {} \;", next input your administrator password, finally all similar kinds of files effaced. Have fun!
>>
>> Best,
>> Kai
>>
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>> Kai Zhang
>>
>>
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>> Cluster Languages of Emotion
>> Free University of Berlin
>> Thielallee 38, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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>> 2014-07-18 11:03 GMT+02:00 Isobel French <[log in to unmask]>:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I was going onto the basic unix tutorial and was playing around with emcas. Before doing that I created a directory named 'Belle" so that i could play around with emacs. However when I tried removing the directory this i the response I had:
>>
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~] neuro% cd Belle
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~/Belle] neuro% ls
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~/Belle] neuro% emacs
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~/Belle] neuro% cd ..
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~] neuro% rmdir Belle
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~] neuro% mkdir Belle
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~] neuro% cd Belle
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~/Belle] neuro% emacs Belle
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~/Belle] neuro% emacs Belle
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~/Belle] neuro% rmdir Belle
>> rmdir: Belle: No such file or directory
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~/Belle] neuro% cd ..
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~] neuro% rmdir Belle
>> rmdir: Belle: Directory not empty
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~] neuro% cd Belle
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~/Belle] neuro% ls
>> #Belle# #ITF#
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~/Belle] neuro% rmdir ITF
>> rmdir: ITF: No such file or directory
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~/Belle] neuro% cd ..
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~] neuro% rmdir Belle
>> rmdir: Belle: Directory not empty
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~] neuro% rmdir Belle
>> rmdir: Belle: Directory not empty
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~] neuro% rmdir Belle
>> rmdir: Belle: Directory not empty
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~] neuro% cd Belle
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~/Belle] neuro% ls
>> #Belle# #ITF#
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~/Belle] neuro% ls -la
>> total 8
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 neuro staff 0 Jul 18 16:37 #Belle#
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 neuro staff 28 Jul 18 16:43 #ITF#
>> drwxr-xr-x 4 neuro staff 136 Jul 18 16:52 .
>> drwxrw-r--+ 56 neuro staff 1904 Jul 18 16:02 ..
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~/Belle] neuro% rmdir #ITF#
>> rmdir: #ITF#: Not a directory
>> [neuros-iMac-2:~/Belle] neuro%
>>
>> There is a hidden file in it as well name '.DS_Store"
>>
>> Can somebody let me know what I have done and how do I rectify it? Also, how will I be able to remove the directory 'Belle' completely? Thanks!!
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Isobel French
>> Academic Coordinator and Research Officer
>> Division of Neurosurgery
>> Department of Surgery
>> Faculty of Medicine
>> University of Malaya
>> 016-7937605
>> 03-79493138
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Isobel French
> Academic Coordinator and Research Officer
> Division of Neurosurgery
> Department of Surgery
> Faculty of Medicine
> University of Malaya
> 016-7937605
> 03-79493138
>
>
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