Re: Standard OS X Compression format
Re: Standard OS X Compression format
- Subject: Re: Standard OS X Compression format
- From: Marcel Weiher <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 15:35:14 +0100
On Thursday, November 22, 2001, at 11:55 AM, Gregory Block wrote:
On 20/11/01 8:34 pm, "Marcel Weiher" <email@hidden> wrote:
Except that HFS+ is the default file format, and there is no need for
anything like hfstar or hfspax anyway for non-HFS filesystems.
NFS in my kernel is obviously the result of LSD abuse, and the fact
that I
can open Carbon applications on non-HFS disks is obviously trace DMT
left
over in my bloodstream.
Yes, there does seem to be serious drug usage involved.
Which part of "there is no need for anything like hfstar or hfspax
anyway for non-HFS filesystems" are you finding hard to understand? On
non-HFS file-systems, resource forks and finder info are stored in
standard files. These standard files are archived quite handiliy with
(gnu)tar.
Or do you seriously suggest that HFS is *not* the default file format
(should have said: file-system format!) on Mac OS X?
And how does NFS support in the kernel affect anything that I've said?
Did I say HFS+ is the only file-system supported on Mac OS X? No, I
didn't. I said it is the "default" file-system, and if you check, you
will find that (a) Macs come pre-installed with HFS+ and (b) the
installer recommends HFS+ as the default format. I am not particularly
happy with that choice, but my personal opinions of the facts doesn't
change those facts.
Just like I would have preferred not to have had to patch gnutar...
Marcel
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