If you're talking about OS X, it doesn't rely on the resource fork anymore. Even as far back as at least 8.6, the Mac will translate from filename extensions to derive the filetype for most things justs fine.
--- Kevin Graeme Cooperative Extension Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Extension > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 3:08 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: How to force download of linked text file on Mac > > On a mac, though, does the MIME type of octet-stream on the download > do anything to the resource fork part of the file, and make it a > non-standard txt file as far as the Mac OS is concerned? > > On 3/3/06, Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jerry Johnson wrote: > > > Using cfcontent, how can I craft a page that returns a > text file to a > > > Macintosh that forces a download, is saved as a txt file (.txt), > > > contains extended ascii characters. > > > > <cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="attachment; > > filename="""fname.txt"""> > > <cfcontent type="application/octet-stream"> > > > > Of course you are dependent on the browser to follow the RFC. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:234143 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
