[Mac OS X] Getting rid of files. DS_store on network shares

If you are using writable Windows network resources, OS X creates in all directories of the resource that you ever opened, service files with the name . OS X users do not see these files because all files whose names begin with a dot are hidden. But Windows users see these files.

Let's rid the network directories of these files so as not to surprise Windows users with unknown files. 🙂

First step

First, let's disable the creation of these files on network resources. This is done by executing the following command in the Terminal:

Second stage

Now let's clean up the network directories from the already created . First, connect to the desired resource. The connected resource will be mounted in the . Now in the Terminal you need to run the following command:

(substitute what you need instead)

For example, if I want to clean up the resource, the command looks like this:

The command performs a recursive cleanup of the specified directory (including all subdirectories) from the files .

P. S.

Restore default settings, ie. you can again allow the creation of files on network resources with the command:

Good luck!