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Re: Standard OS X Compression format

On Thursday, November 22, 2001, at 11:55 AM, Gregory Block wrote:

On 20/11/01 8:34 pm, "Marcel Weiher" <email@hidden> wrote:
Except that HFS+ is the default file format, and there is no need for
anything like hfstar or hfspax anyway for non-HFS filesystems.

NFS in my kernel is obviously the result of LSD abuse, and the fact that I
can open Carbon applications on non-HFS disks is obviously trace DMT left
over in my bloodstream.

Yes, there does seem to be serious drug usage involved.

Which part of "there is no need for anything like hfstar or hfspax anyway for non-HFS filesystems" are you finding hard to understand? On non-HFS file-systems, resource forks and finder info are stored in standard files. These standard files are archived quite handiliy with (gnu)tar.

Or do you seriously suggest that HFS is *not* the default file format (should have said: file-system format!) on Mac OS X?

And how does NFS support in the kernel affect anything that I've said? Did I say HFS+ is the only file-system supported on Mac OS X? No, I didn't. I said it is the "default" file-system, and if you check, you will find that (a) Macs come pre-installed with HFS+ and (b) the installer recommends HFS+ as the default format. I am not particularly happy with that choice, but my personal opinions of the facts doesn't change those facts.

Just like I would have preferred not to have had to patch gnutar...

Marcel
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Marcel Weiher Metaobject Software Technologies
email@hidden www.metaobject.com
Metaprogramming for the Graphic Arts. HOM, IDEAs, MetaAd etc.

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