Re: List View: Calculate all sizes Default?

In article jollyroger-E16D34.19165324112008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jolly Roger
at jollyroger@xxxxxxxxx wrote on 11/24/08 8:16 PM:

In article <slrngimihp.4md.foo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Ian Gregory <foo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2008-11-24, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've written a script that will trash all .DS_Store files in folders
dropped onto it. Feel free to use it:

<http://jollyroger.kicks-ass.org/software/Trash%20.DS_Store%20Files.zip>

I don't make use of any facilities that depend on the existence of
.DS_Store files. This is one of those cases where (for me and the way I
currently use my Mac) consistency and simplicity win out over
customisability. So every once in a while I purge any that have set seed
in my home directory using the command:

find ~ -name .DS_Store -delete

As a result, if I set the Finder to column view (my favourite for
general use) then it stays in column view as I navigate around folders
because there are no .DS_Store files telling it to open particular
folders in other views. Well that is how I assume it works.

But then again, I don't use the Finder very often - I launch apps from
the Dock and most of my directory navigation is done either in the
open/save dialog of apps or using ls(1) in Terminal.app.

Same here.

I rarely use that script. I post it here for those not familiar or
comfortable with the command line.

The script requires the I drop every file in my user directory on
it....seems like a massive chore.

I'm not sure how to use Ian's script.

What if I used EasyFind to find every .DS_Store file in my user directory,
select them all, and use either the "Send To Trash" or "Destroy" commands?

--
iMac (24", 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320 GB HDD) ? OS X (10.5.4)

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