Starting dot makes it hidden... The % is used in UNIX for introducing hexadecimal values of the character instead its graphic symbol (example, %41 instead of A). I think these are the reasons :p
-----Mensaje original----- De: hfs-user-admin@lists.mars.org [mailto:hfs-user-admin@lists.mars.org] En nombre de James Pearson Enviado el: jueves, 27 de junio de 2002 17:53 Para: Mark Day CC: hfs-user@lists.mars.org Asunto: Re: [hfs-user] Format of '._' files on non-HFS(+) disks?
It should be the second file of an AppleDouble pair.
Thanks ... I should have guessed it would have been AppleDouble before asking the question ...
However, do you know why '._' was chosen as the prefix for the resource/finderinfo file when the specs for AppleDouble state '%' ...
James Pearson