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Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines
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Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines

  • Subject: Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines
  • From: Paul Bayley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:03:54 -0700
>Actually, with file name extensions, I can create an application that uses .hypertext as an extension under Mac OS X today. With current HFS+ implementation, we're limited to 4 character type codes (HTXT). Which one is more limiting?

Because the 4 char code isn't supposed to be visible (that's what the Kind is for!) you're limited to 4 billion types.

Damn, and I needed 5 billion.

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