Macintonsh files with resource forks under 3.0

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3 total messages Started by Ingo Feulner Sun, 13 Sep 1992 09:46

#1108

Author: Ingo Feulner
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 09:46

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Is there any way to work with such files?
Currently, only files with data forks are accessible.

Thanks for advance, Ingo.
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Re: Macintonsh files with resource forks under 3.0

#1142

Author: Gordon Van Huizen
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 06:35

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In article <1992Sep13.094622.1598@xenon.stgt.sub.org> Ingo Feulner  
<alf@xenon.stgt.sub.org> writes:
> Is there any way to work with such files?
> Currently, only files with data forks are accessible.
> 

Sadly, no. You can still use FloppyWorks from DIT however.

According to NeXT it was a design decision based on UNIX file system  
limitations. There are plans to have both forks available in future  
NeXTSTEP releases which contain enhanced file systems.

Gordon
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Re: Macintonsh files with resource forks under 3.0

#1132

Author: nevin
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 15:52

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In article <1992Sep13.094622.1598@xenon.stgt.sub.org> alf@xenon.stgt.sub.org  
(Ingo Feulner) writes:
> Is there any way to work with such files?
> Currently, only files with data forks are accessible.
> 
> Thanks for advance, Ingo.
> -- 
> Ingo Feulner - Wolfacher Weg 22 - 7030 Boeblingen - alf@xenon.stgt.sub.org
>                                   ---
>   "Scheisse." - "Was?" - "Ne Streife." - "Nein." - "Doch." - "Scheisse."
>                             (Blues Brothers)

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"/NextLibrary/Documentation/NextAdmin/MixedNet.rtfd" says the following:

"Apple files are made up of a data fork, a resource fork, or both. The data  
fork holds the file contents, while the resource fork includes system  
information, such as the name of the application used to create the file. On a  
NeXT computer, a data fork appears with the same file name as on the AppleShare  
server, while resource forks appears as .filename.rsrc. For example, a file  
named Milestones that has both a data fork and a resource fork will appear on a  
NeXT computer as Milestones and .Milestones.rsrc".
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I have found that (under 3.0 PR2--I don't yet have the real release) the
resource fork file (ending in .rsrc) is not shown in the file browser.   
However, you can copy it just fine from a terminal shell.

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