Re: Modify file type/creator from AS?
Re: Modify file type/creator from AS?
- Subject: Re: Modify file type/creator from AS?
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 08:30:01 -0400
I don't know where [GS]etFileInfo live; I installed the dev tools but
still don't have them in my path. No biggie, macperl works for that
(e.g. perl -MMacPerl=:all -e 'SetFileInfo "abcd","wxyz", "filename"'
). I was looking for the AS technique not because I didn't have other
means, but so I could create a droplet my client could use in the
future.
This current batch I'm reconstructing all at once and putting on a
dvd, so I can use pretty much any sort of automation tool...
I'll file a bug for sure. This is very non-Mackish behavior.
On 5/8/08, Doug McNutt <email@hidden> wrote:
> 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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