RE: OS X Name Extensions
RE: OS X Name Extensions
- Subject: RE: OS X Name Extensions
- From: Rob Jorgensen <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:52:39 -0400
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At 3:09 AM -0400 10/9/02, Marc Glasgow wrote:
Rob Wrote:
In OS X 10.2.1, when a file has a name such as "My Greatest Script
2.2d4" (with no extension), everything after the decimal point is
considered a name extension when using "info for" and when doing a
"Get Info" in the Finder. The Finder will even hide the part that it
considers an extension (if set to do so), which results in a
truncated name such as "My Greatest Script 2".
I mention this only because I can see where it might produce
unexpected results for scripters who are working with the extensions.
> <shrug>
Rob,
Consider ending the name with the extension SCRPT or SCRIPT or APLSCRPT.
It's how I got around it (note that OS X does not require a 32 character
limit on filenames, although things above 31 characters get abstracted at the
storage level). One other word of caution (from experiences earlier this
week): modify the name down to 28 characters or less before compressing them
for placement on a website... Stuff-it will choke on the excess in some
cases.
Thanks for the naming tips but...my concern isn't so much with my
stuff as it is with files from others. It seems that naming
conventions will need a good hard look in OS X (at least by me). :-)
--
Rob Jorgensen
Ohio, USA
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