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Re: E/DOS file question



On Fri, 23 Jun 1995 David_A._Vandenbroucke@hud.gov wrote:
>  But if I
>  do this:
> 
>  1. import an archive from MS-DOS--call it "Import.cpt"
>  2. run binhex on the file to make in Mac-ish
>  3. expand the archive and go on my merry way
> 
>  I find that I have files called import.cpt and %import.cpt on my hard disk.
>  I'm guessing that the first is the original, untouched, MS-DOS file.  But what
>  is the second?  Is the Mac-useable file stored in the HFV file, out of harm's
>  way?  What happens if I now delete the two files?

	Every time Executor touches a file on a FAT (DOS filesystem) 
volume, it spawns a % file, which is the "resource fork," a purely 
Mac-world denizen usually containing things like sounds, built-in fonts, 
dialogs, icons, menus, etc.  (Play with the included demo Resourcer, a 
resource-fork-editor; open some Mac documents and executables and see 
what's in them.)
	If you extracted the .cpt into a Mac (HFV) volume, then the original 
can be deleted, just as you usually delete a .zip file once you've 
extracted it elsewhere.  Delete the % file while you're at it.

	Does anyone else wish that ARDI had chosen a different convention 
for resource-fork naming?  It's annoying to have a file and its resource not 
in adjacent alphabetical order.
	(You can tell by the inconsequential nature of my gripes how much 
I like Executor.)

Scott


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