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DOT_CLEAN(1)              BSD General Commands Manual             DOT_CLEAN(1)

NAME
     dot_clean -- Merge ._* files with corresponding native files.

SYNOPSIS
     dot_clean [-fmnsv] [-keep=[mostrecent|dotbar|native]] [dir ...]

DESCRIPTION
     For each operand that names a dir , dot_clean it recursively merges all ._* files with their corre-sponding corresponding
     sponding native files according to the rules specified with the given arguments.

     If no operands are given, a usage message is output.  If more than one directory is given, directories
     are merged in the order in which they are specified on the command line.

     The following options are available:

     -f      Flat merge.  Do not recursively merge all directories in the given dir.  This is off by
             default.

     -h      Help. Prints verbose usage message.

     -m      Always delete dot underbar files.

     -n      Delete dot underbar file if there is no matching native file.

     -s      Follow symbolic links.  This will follow symbolic dot underbar files when they are found.

     -v      Print verbose output.

EXAMPLES
     The following is how to do an dot_clean merge on the mounted volume test, always using the dot underbar
     information.

           dot_clean --keep=dotbar /Volumes/test

DIAGNOSTICS
     The dot_clean utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

BUGS
     None known.

BSD                              June 28, 2006                             BSD