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- 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
-
-