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Article #6689Re: Compactor - A reason not to use
From: johnston
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 1991 00:10
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 1991 00:10
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In article <1991Jan10.225126.4155@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>, typ125m@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (John Wilkins) writes... >yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) writes: >> If I'm not mistaken, the disk cataloging program FileList 1.4 >> recognizes compactor files. So the compactor format is not totally >> "proprietary" (i.e. other programs know about the format). >Also the hypercard stack catstuff 2.0. So there! So does the Finder. There is a difference between reading the the type and creator info from the header of a file, and reading the file. That is not the point here. It is the data structure of the rest of a Compactor file that is proprietary. FileList and CatStuff do not recognize the Compactor data format. -- Bill (johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!wuarchive!udel!oscar.ccm.udel.edu!johnston From: johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Compactor - A reason not to use Message-ID: <41386@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 11 Jan 91 00:10:45 GMT Sender: usenet@ee.udel.edu Distribution: comp Organization: Univ. of Delaware, CCM Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: oscar.ccm.udel.edu