Thanks for the link Josh This is what I was basically looking for , something like MacPerl Toolbox calls to deal with Mac specific file info - I have the developer Tools but I haven't installed them yet, so I'll give them a shot.
> >I just noticed that the Developer Tools don't install the man >page for SetFile by default, either. > ><http://www.osxfaq.com/man/1/SetFile.html> > >HTH > >-josh Also for anyone else interested in this kind of stuff (Bruce?) there are some good pointers as to how to go about implementing it Quoting from http://www.osxfaq.com/shells.html#q8 :- Can I view or set file creator and type codes from the command-line? I wrote a little Perl script to "wrap" the GetFileInfo command that comes on the Developer CD: bash$ whats /Volumes/MacHD/* R*ch adrp BBEdit Lite 4.6 CDrw dDrw Glossary_schema.drw MSIE adrp Internet Explorer MSWD adrp Microsoft Word NIFt adrp NiftyTelnet 1.1 SSH r3 CARO PDF ziegnet.pdf You can also make changes using SetFile(1) (also on the Developer CD): G4 [/Developer/Tools] mzieg $ ./SetFile setfile [option...] file... -a attributes # attributes (lowercase = 0, uppercase = 1)* -c creator # file creator -d date # creation date (mm/dd/[yy]yy [hh:mm[:ss] [AM | PM]])* -m date # modification date (mm/dd/[yy]yy [hh:mm[:ss] [AM | PM]])* -t type # file type Note: Period (.) represents the current date and time. Note: [yy]yy < 100 assumes 20th century, e.g. 19yy Note: The following attributes may be used with the -a option: A Alias file V Invisible* B Bundle S System (name locked) T Stationary C Custom icon* L Locked I Inited* N No INIT resources M Shared (can run multiple times) D Desktop* Note that SetFile could be VERY powerful when used in conjunction with find(1)...
