Migrated to Synology - Whats the story behind all those @eaDir files?

[simoncn]

(26-04-2014 23:55)bbrip Wrote:  Slightly off-topic maybe, but I migrated from my old ReadyNAS NVX to a beautiful new Synology NAS box. All is well so far and got MinimServer running, but I got tons of "@eaDir" directories which must have been created when copying stuff across from the ReadyNAS (??).

Now, what do these directories mean, how do I get rid of them and how do I avoid that they get created again?

Many Thanks
bbrip

A quick Google search brings up this page. Scroll down to the comments to find a way to stop them coming back.