diff lists nonexistent hidden files

Asked Sep 21 '22 at 09:19

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To verify that the dir I just copied to the external, exFat formatted hard drive has really the same contents, I used this solution. However diff -rq lists a lot of (if not all) files with a dot prepended only on the external drive.

Is this intended? How can I avoid this?

asked Sep 21 '22 at 09:19

ManuelSchneid3r

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Please add at least some of the relevant output. – nohillside Sep 21 '22 at 09:30
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ExFAT can't hold perms, ACLs or resource forks. That's what the dot files will be. Basically it's breaking the files and will reassemble on copying back to a Mac drive. – Tetsujin Sep 21 '22 at 11:27
Okay thank you. What is "it"? Can I look this up somewhere? – ManuelSchneid3r Sep 21 '22 at 14:22

diff lists nonexistent hidden files

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