Re: MS-DOS better than Applescript?? (a final word?)
Re: MS-DOS better than Applescript?? (a final word?)
- Subject: Re: MS-DOS better than Applescript?? (a final word?)
- From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 05:13:53 -0700 (PDT)
- Composer: Philip Aker
On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Charles Arthur wrote:
}Because the Unix cp does not preserve resource forks, while cpmac is
}specially designed to.
}You never know, those resources could be important in some way. I've seen
}tales on the 10.2 changeover of people who backed up their HD using ditto
}(want to know? man ditto in the Terminal) and then wondering why all their
}Photoshop files etc weren't readable when they restored. Answer: because
}ditto doesn't back up the creator and file types. Ditto (ahem) for cp.
I was using 'ditto -rsrc path/to/orig path/to/dup', but now in OS X 10.2 I
see it's noted in 'man ditto' as -rsrcFork.
Philip Aker
http://www.aker.ca
_______________________________________________
applescript-users mailing list | email@hidden
Help/Unsubscribe/Archives:
http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/applescript-users
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.