Well, I can be of a little help, I think:
On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 12:23 AM, Rich Morin wrote:
I've come up with some peculiar questions about OSX file systems:
* How can I get the file length and size on disk for a file's Data
and Resource forks?
So, if I have file foo, with both data and resource forks, I can look at
$dataforksize = -s "foo"
$rsrcforksize = -s "foo/rsrc"
The psync utility uses this method to back up hard drives. That's where I first noticed it.
Unfortunately, I don't have much to contribute on the rest of your questions.
John Gilmore-Baldwin
* How can I get the "Kind" information (as reported by File Buddy,
Get Info, and Super Get Info)?
* How can I get the contents of an alias?
* Is the MacOSX::File::Info "content modification time" _always_ the
same as the BSD modify time (i.e., stat's mtime field)?
* What does it mean for the sticky bit to be set on a symlink (e.g.,
/etc, /tmp, /var)?
How did these links get these modes, anyway? The chmod(1) man
page seems to indicate that it has no effect on symlinks...
* Whenever I create a symlink, the mode ends up as 770, regardless
of my umask. Why? Does this mean anything?
Any help would be appreciated.
-r
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