:2e* and .AppleDouble files when using AFP

[grobylev]

These hidden files are created by the MAC OS (so not because of QNAP at all), if you enable in Finder to view the hidden files you'll se that these files are there in almost all dirctories.

More information can be found DS Store , or Resource fork
Or here.

Anyone tried to use QPKG INCRON ? This pakage allows to run scripts by events like file / folder creation.
So you can setup to delete/rename/chown ... file when they're created.

[Harry84]

I know that OS X create hidden files like .DS_Store, but what I read is that in AFP sharing the hidden files created are others like :2e*.

P.S. Is it normal that my TS-112 starts in 2 minutes and shutdown also in 2 minutes?

[ivox]

mark

[kpoelhekke]

I've bouth a qnap recently. I wanted to use it to develop websites on it. But now i am also surprised by the fact that the afp filesytem creates all sorts of hidden litter. I cannot use now because i do not want my sites files to be messy. Please fix this issue or give some support on how to fix it.

I've tried shutting down afp and using SMB only, but that killes my Timemachine and when i transfer files to SMB the same appledouble files are created :S

[schumaku]

Try SAMBA instead...

[kpoelhekke]

I've tried Samba as was recommended here, but it looks like that either way the files are created :S

[PharCyder]

Run this command at the Terminal to prevent your Mac creating new DSStore files on Network Drives (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1629)

defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true

...and then use Blue Harvest to scan your network drives retrospectively to remove these files.

http://www.zeroonetwenty.com/blueharvest4/

I use both above and 99% of them are gone.

[ivox]

Run this command at the Terminal to prevent your Mac creating new DSStore files on Network Drives (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1629)

defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true

...and then use Blue Harvest to scan your network drives retrospectively to remove these files.

http://www.zeroonetwenty.com/blueharvest4/

I use both above and 99% of them are gone.

good news!

[janpolet]

Run this command at the Terminal to prevent your Mac creating new DSStore files on Network Drives (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1629)

defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true

...and then use Blue Harvest to scan your network drives retrospectively to remove these files.

http://www.zeroonetwenty.com/blueharvest4/

I use both above and 99% of them are gone.

I did both.
Blueharvest removed more than 10,000 files from the NAS. Most of them were files staring with a ".".

Some of the files keep showing up.
Ik keep seeing entries like this in the backup logs:
"# WARNING: Skip the "eSATADisk1/.../.../.AppleDouble/:2eDS_Store" file which has an unsupported filename!"

In this case I'm backing up data to an eSATA drive by using paired folders.
Any suggestions?

Jan

[daniel@giri.ch]

Hello Guys

I had the same issues when I copied my files to an external USB disk - until I formated my external disk with HSF+, then the issues were gone.

Now, I upgraded to FW 3.7.3 because of the ML TimeMachine issues and they are back !
I'm pretty sure that before 3.7.2 and 3.7.3 the "unsupported file name" issues are gone with the external HSF+ drive, but now, I've got again a lot of logs like this:

"# WARNING: Skip the "USBDisk1/Tools/Images/VMWare Images/iMac Server Backup - 29.12.2011 /Virtuelle Maschinen/Windows XP Professional.vmwarevm/Applications/Spiel "FreeCell" — Windows XP Professional.app/.AppleDouble" directory which has an unsupported filename!"

Any similar experiences ?

**Edit - 12-Aug-2012**
It is a reproducible behavior - the issues dissapear with 3.7.1 and appears with 3.7.2 and 3.7.3.
I opened a ticket already @ QNAP and they confirmed the behavior as a bug...

Cheers
Daniel

[janpolet]

Hi guys,

I excluded ":2eDS_Store" using the filter of the backup job.
Since then the errors in the backup log are gone.
Even now I'm using firmware version: 3.7.3 Build 20120801.

Cheers,

Jan

[tuennes]

Has anyone tried "CleanMyDrive: External Drives Manager" in the App Store?
It says it does kill them all and most of the users so far reported success (in the German store).
It is free.

I am a bit reluctant to try as these files do not bother me as much as they do for others.

Kr,
Tim

[msoka]

CleanMyDrive don't work on network drive
BlueHarvest Work well but not with the files starting with : only with the files starting with .

Eventually i had to clean the files

use this carrefully i am not responsable for data loss.....

just go to the head directory you want to clean and use...

findutils-find . -name ".AppleDouble" -exec rm -rf {} \;
findutils-find . -name ":2eDS_Store" -exec rm -rf {} \;
findutils-find . -name ":2eTemporaryItems" -exec rm -rf {} \;
findutils-find . -name ":2e_.apdisk" -exec rm -rf {} \;
findutils-find . -name ":2eapdisk" -exec rm -rf {} \;
findutils-find . -name ".@__thumb" -exec rm -rf {} \;
findutils-find . -name ".AppleDB" -exec rm -rf {} \;
findutils-find . -name ".AppleDesktop" -exec rm -rf {} \;
findutils-find . -name ".Trashes" -exec rm -rf {} \;
findutils-find . -name ".TemporaryItems" -exec rm -rf {} \;

Cheers,
Mohammed

[CamTheSnapper]

I'd love to clean up all this ** on my QNAP like Mohammed points out but I've got no idea how to implement this findutils-find command, anyone?

[pwilson]

I'd love to clean up all this ** on my QNAP like Mohammed points out but I've got no idea how to implement this findutils-find command, anyone?

See QNAPedia article: Install Optware IPKG.
I recommend using the QPKG method

For it to work properly you also need to complete these steps:

Running /opt/etc/init.d/* on startup &
Fix the $PATH in /etc/profile

After this is complete, restart your NAS and from an SSH shell use the following command:

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ipkg install findutils

or

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ipkg install findutils findutils-doc

(if you also want documentation).

Caveat: Installing Optware is not completely straight forward, and involves editing files within Linux. This is not a job for nervous Linux newbies. IF you aren't comfortable with doing so, then you might be better off to not do so at all. It really depends on your skills and confidence. If not installed properly, Optware can cause more problems that it solves. Some Optware packages can have undesirable side-effects if not setup correctly.

I use Optware, and I love it, but it truly is not suitable for everyone.