On Wed, 10 May 2000 17:10:50 -0400 (EDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> --On 5/10/00 3:46 PM -0500 Brian Bergstrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > The type/creator comes from the Desktop Database that the Finder
> > maintains.
>
> No, the type/creator is part of the directory entry for the file. The
> Desktop Database is maintained by the Finder only to associate data files
> with their applications (so that double-clicking does what you expect) and
> icons.
>
But, for the purposes of this discussion (relating to netatalk), the
type/creator information IS contained in the ".AppleDouble" directory
with the resource fork information. The specification for "AppleDouble"
contains the file format. There are utilities for a Mac that quite
easily modify the type/creator information. My preference is "snitch",
which does it thru an expanded "Get Info" interface.
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