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if the volumesupports "volfs". If it does

it concludes that it must support xattrs

on Tiger, the Finder (the File Manager) refuses to believe that the volume in question can support extended attributes

What about extended attributes and other things that may result in ._ dot underscore files?

resolution set to wontfix

$ echo foo > ~/Desktop/foo.txt

cmd-i on foo.txt, click on its icon, and paste the icon you just copied

This will cause both the Finder Info and the Resource Fork to be set

MacFUSE provides a flexible and adaptive mechanism to handle extended attributes (including things such as Finder Info, Resource Forks, and ACLs)

extended attributes as Apple Double (._) files

all or only some extended attributes