Dev folder

[Leonardo]

Originally Posted by dnanian

OSX 10.4.x started returning invalid information for the /dev folder when we ask for its metadata, so on some systems it's visible on the backup. It'll usually be hidden again once that's the startup volume, but do not remove it -- it's important, and is on the original volume -- you just can't see it.

This is still happening under 10.5.4 (PPC and Intel) and not only with /dev but also with /home, /net and possibly other folders.
It is a nuisance.

Question:
if the Finder is getting the metadata for objects on the top level of the startup volume correctly, wouldn't it be possible to query for this metadata using a different method and restoring it after cloning instead of relying on the method used by the unix tool currently employed?