._ files are locking up the real files.
Has anyone having trouble with ._ files and Windows servers? The issue is pretty confusing so I'll try and make this as clear as possible.
The problem is I can't move or edit files stored on a W2k server because the ._ files are shown as in use by another user. If I try and move a file on the server into another folder I get the following message: "The operation cannot be completed because a required item is in use." With my sys admins help using the computer management console (on Windows) we've tracked it down to the ._ files associated with the "real" files. It shows all of the ._ files being in use even if the user who's supposedly using it is logged off the server.
I get a similar message saving files to the server. Lets say I have .tif file and open it in Photoshop, make edits and hit command-S. The following message comes up: "Could not save "file name" because the file is already in use or was left open." Now this is where it gets dangerous. If I hit OK the file on the server is deleted so if I were to close the file at this point it would be lost. I have to hit command-S again and a Save As window comes up that pointes to the correct folder on the server and then I can save. The kicker is I STILL can't move the file because the ._ file has the same name so its linked back up to the file and since the ._ file is "in use" the problem persists. If I change the file name when doing the save as I can move it on the server because it has a new ._ file.
Now let's talk about deleting files from the server using Finder. If I try and delete a file on the server that has a ._ file 'in use" the message that says this file will be deleted immediately are you sure you want to continue comes up and I click OK. Then the following message comes up: "The operation cannot be completed because a required item is in use." If I click OK the file deletes anyway BUT the ._ file doesn't get deleted so if I move the file back to the server, the problem persists.
The other problem with deleting is if I try and delete an entire folder with ._ files 'in use" I get the messages I just mentioned and the last file in the folder is deleted. now imagine having to delete a folder full of 250 items one at a time. Even if you deleted all 250 items individually you still can't delete the folder because the ._ files are still there and still 'in use".
I don't normally work directly off the server but this makes file management impossible.
Is anyone else having this problem?
The problem is I can't move or edit files stored on a W2k server because the ._ files are shown as in use by another user. If I try and move a file on the server into another folder I get the following message: "The operation cannot be completed because a required item is in use." With my sys admins help using the computer management console (on Windows) we've tracked it down to the ._ files associated with the "real" files. It shows all of the ._ files being in use even if the user who's supposedly using it is logged off the server.
I get a similar message saving files to the server. Lets say I have .tif file and open it in Photoshop, make edits and hit command-S. The following message comes up: "Could not save "file name" because the file is already in use or was left open." Now this is where it gets dangerous. If I hit OK the file on the server is deleted so if I were to close the file at this point it would be lost. I have to hit command-S again and a Save As window comes up that pointes to the correct folder on the server and then I can save. The kicker is I STILL can't move the file because the ._ file has the same name so its linked back up to the file and since the ._ file is "in use" the problem persists. If I change the file name when doing the save as I can move it on the server because it has a new ._ file.
Now let's talk about deleting files from the server using Finder. If I try and delete a file on the server that has a ._ file 'in use" the message that says this file will be deleted immediately are you sure you want to continue comes up and I click OK. Then the following message comes up: "The operation cannot be completed because a required item is in use." If I click OK the file deletes anyway BUT the ._ file doesn't get deleted so if I move the file back to the server, the problem persists.
The other problem with deleting is if I try and delete an entire folder with ._ files 'in use" I get the messages I just mentioned and the last file in the folder is deleted. now imagine having to delete a folder full of 250 items one at a time. Even if you deleted all 250 items individually you still can't delete the folder because the ._ files are still there and still 'in use".
I don't normally work directly off the server but this makes file management impossible.
Is anyone else having this problem?
