DS_Store

.DS_Store files are only used by the Finder to hold custom view settings for that particular folder

Finder view settings are stored in invisble .DS_Store files, in the parent of the folder being set. So the settings for /Applications are stored in /.DS_Store, and /Applications/.DS_Store holds the settings for subfolders of /Applications, such as /Applications/Utilities.

• defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true

• finder - Consequences of deleting .DS_Store - Ask Different

• DS Store Easy Way to Update - MozillaWiki

• DS Store File Format - MozillaWiki

• hanwenzhu/.DS_Store-parser: Parses everything from the .DS_Store files generated by macOS

• dsstore: log

• DSStoreFormat - metacpan.org

• Reading Writing ".DS_Store" Files

• macOS '.DS_Store' format format spec for Kaitai Struct

• ds-store · PyPI - dmgbuild/ds_store

• Identifying Deleted File References in the Trash (.DS_Store) Files - Part 1 | Ponder The Bits