On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 06:36:17PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : The Mac file system retains some of it's pre-OSX strangeness, in that : a single file has two parts, called forks. The data fork is what we : normally associate with a file's contents. The resource fork contains : special data like the icon associated with a file, and info telling : the Finder which program should be used to open it. Windows file : systems have only a data fork.
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