Re: Modify file type/creator from AS?
Re: Modify file type/creator from AS?
- Subject: Re: Modify file type/creator from AS?
- From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 06:10:33 -0600
At 00:43 -0400 5/8/08, Mark J. Reed wrote:
>Thanks! Any other tips for reconstructing a file from separate
>data/resource forks? The info and creator are in the resource fork,
>but copying it to filename/rsrc doesn't set them, unfortunately.
>Doesn't look like ditto will do what I"m looking for. Ironically,
>there's a Linux utility that will do the trick but it doesn't seem to
>be available for OS X, at least not via fink or macports.
Type and creator are not normally IN the resource fork. They are metadata in the Apple filing system
You may need MacBinary conversion. That was a procedure for adding the metadata to the resource fork for storage on peecee or UNIX file systems. Metadata, resource fork, and data fork were all combined into a single file which was often converted to 7 bit format to create a BINHEX file.
AppleDouble is a MIME format that uses two files; AppleSingle is the one file version. Both are essentially MacBinary files.
Stuffit once handled MacBinary conversions. Modem software also handled it.
And don't forget the SetFile and GetFileInfo tools.
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