skip mac sidecars

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 * Fixed the suggested rate in `check_regular_timestamps` to be in Hz [#467](https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/nwbinspector/pull/467)
 
+* Added a skip for mac sidecar files (._*): [#470](https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/nwbinspector/pull/470)
+
 # v0.4.35
 
 ### Fixes

src/nwbinspector/nwbinspector.py

@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@ def inspect_all(
         in_path = Path(path)
         if in_path.is_dir():
             nwbfiles = list(in_path.rglob("*.nwb"))
+
+            # Remove any macOS sidecar files
+            nwbfiles = [nwbfile for nwbfile in nwbfiles if not nwbfile.name.startswith("._")]
         elif in_path.is_file():
             nwbfiles = [in_path]
         else:

tests/test_inspector.py

@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
         # Last file to be left without violations
 
         cls.nwbfile_paths = [str(cls.tempdir / f"testing{j}.nwb") for j in range(num_nwbfiles)]
+        nwbfiles.append(make_minimal_nwbfile())
+        cls.nwbfile_paths.append(str(cls.tempdir / "._testing0.nwb"))
         for nwbfile_path, nwbfile in zip(cls.nwbfile_paths, nwbfiles):
             with NWBHDF5IO(path=nwbfile_path, mode="w") as io:
                 io.write(nwbfile)