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RE: OS X Name Extensions
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RE: OS X Name Extensions


  • Subject: RE: OS X Name Extensions
  • From: email@hidden
  • Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 03:09:47 EDT

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.

Best Wishes,
=-= Marc Glasgow

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>
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