a bit confused....

yankgirl · 03-23-2010, 11:48 AM

Hi all! I'm adding some books to my new PP. They are in the ePub format, but when I drag them to my SD card they are listed twice. First like this "._title.epub" then "title.epub" I understand that the one with just the title is the correct files, but is there anyway to get rid of the ._ file?

PS I'm on a Mac

Thanks so much!!!!

Robertb · 03-23-2010, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by yankgirl

Hi all! I'm adding some books to my new PP. They are in the ePub format, but when I drag them to my SD card they are listed twice. First like this "._title.epub" then "title.epub" I understand that the one with just the title is the correct files, but is there anyway to get rid of the ._ file?

PS I'm on a Mac

Thanks so much!!!!

Dear yankgirl:

I am unfamiliar with the Mac although I know our PP works fine with Mac. I will observe this thread and let others chime in. You are always welcome to call our tech at: 1-866-368-8788.

Mainly, I would like to urge you to hold off on purchasing eBooks a spec longer. Tomorrow I finallyshould be able to announce a brand new website that should be excellent!

DaleDe · 03-23-2010, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by yankgirl

Hi all! I'm adding some books to my new PP. They are in the ePub format, but when I drag them to my SD card they are listed twice. First like this "._title.epub" then "title.epub" I understand that the one with just the title is the correct files, but is there anyway to get rid of the ._ file?

PS I'm on a Mac

Thanks so much!!!!

That is a mac resource file and shouldn't be very big. It is possible to get rid of it but the mac will build it again so it is an ongoing problem to get rid of it every time you hook up.

Dale

Sunspark · 03-23-2010, 07:52 PM

It is annoying I agree, happens with the fonts directory too. You'll have to open the terminal, and go to the directory you see these files in, and type rm ._*

animedude01 · 03-24-2010, 12:00 AM

You could always use Calibre to manage your ebooks. I don't think you get the resource files when transferring using Calibre, although I don't have a mac so can't say for sure.

http://calibre-ebook.com/

wallcraft · 03-24-2010, 12:33 AM

This should be easy for Jinke to fix. The Linux "ls" command ignores "dot" files by default, and I can't see any good reason for the EZ Readers to show these at all. No one is going to start the name of an actual ebook with "." and particularly not with "._".

Problem: Mac adds the file ._title.epub for Mac-specific metadata about title.epub.

Potential fix: hide the "._" files (i.e. don't list them as ebooks).

jusmee · 03-24-2010, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by wallcraft

This should be easy for Jinke to fix. The Linux "ls" command ignores "dot" files by default, and I can't see any good reason for the EZ Readers to show these at all. No one is going to start the name of an actual ebook with "." and particularly not with "._".

Problem: Mac adds the file ._title.epub for Mac-specific metadata about title.epub.

Potential fix: hide the "._" files (i.e. don't list them as ebooks).

Jinke can't 'fix' what has been a convention in Unix since forever. "dot" files are hidden files and 'ls -a' will show them. Silly mac oddities like this are always going to be a problem. The fix isn't to corrupt the ls command. Of course, the jinke 'bookshelf' should not be bound to the output of 'ls' anyway.

theducks · 03-24-2010, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by jusmee

Jinke can't 'fix' what has been a convention in Unix since forever. "dot" files are hidden files and 'ls -a' will show them. Silly mac oddities like this are always going to be a problem. The fix isn't to corrupt the ls command. Of course, the jinke 'bookshelf' should not be bound to the output of 'ls' anyway.

You got it backwards

Jinke appears to be doing a ls -la instead of a simple ls -l ( lbook has a nicer "bookshelf display")

Why are they showing us "*nix hidden files" at all.
It may be more difficult, but bookshelf should honor Windows hidden attribute also.

IMHO we should not see "Restore PC" either.

jusmee · 03-24-2010, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

You got it backwards

Jinke appears to be doing a ls -la instead of a simple ls -l ( lbook has a nicer "bookshelf display")

Why are they showing us "*nix hidden files" at all.
It may be more difficult, but bookshelf should honor Windows hidden attribute also.

IMHO we should not see "Restore PC" either.

If I was writing a GUI to display device contents, I wouldn't use a command line utility like "ls" at all. There will be a proper call to a library that will return a file/directory list, then you can choose what to display programmatically from that list.

wallcraft · 03-24-2010, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jusmee

If I was writing a GUI to display device contents, I wouldn't use a command line utility like "ls" at all. There will be a proper call to a library that will return a file/directory list, then you can choose what to display programmatically from that list.

Yes, but my basic point was that the "dot file is hidden" convention is widely used. As you say, it isn't rocket science to skip dot files, and in fact it is more common to do so than not (except under Windows).

03-23-2010, 11:48 AM	#1
yankgirl Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 50 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NJ Device: iPhone, iPad 2, PPP(purple pocket pro) Nook Tablet, K4 & Kindle Fire!	a bit confused.... Hi all! I'm adding some books to my new PP. They are in the ePub format, but when I drag them to my SD card they are listed twice. First like this "._title.epub" then "title.epub" I understand that the one with just the title is the correct files, but is there anyway to get rid of the ._ file? PS I'm on a Mac Thanks so much!!!!

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