Re: SplitForks, AppleDouble and pax
site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com <http://darwinsource.opendarwin.org/10.4.2/Libc-391/darwin/copyfile.c> Shantonu On Oct 5, 2005, at 3:37 PM, Finlay Dobbie wrote: Apple rarely open sources things which have inherent dependencies on closed source technologies. SplitForks almost certainly uses File Manager. I wouldn't expect it to happen :-) _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... Instead of asking for an open sourcing of the tool, what is the high- level thing you want to do? Based on your questions, it sounds like you want to know how pax supports resource forks and finder info in Tiger, and emulate that. If this is the case, you probably want to look look at the implementation of copyfile_pack() in Libc: This has all of the "Support extended attributes, including resource forks and finder info" functionality as advertised for Tiger, and is used by gnutar, pax, etc. On 05/10/05, Peter Bierman <bierman@apple.com> wrote: At 11:10 PM +0200 10/5/05, Stéphane Sudre wrote: o Is there any plan to open source the SplitForks Dev Tools? I suggest filing a bug with that request. -- Finlay _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/ssen% 40opendarwin.org This email sent to ssen@opendarwin.org This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com
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