Hi Adrian, On 24 Feb 2011, at 00:48, Adrien BARREAU wrote:
> Hello, > > I'm taking a look in the Files package, and I don't understand what pieces of > information these two methods are manipulating: > - getMacFileTypeAndCreator: fileName > - setMacFileNamed: fileName type: typeString creator: creatorString > > If somebody can explain me, it would be cool :) > > Thanks, > Adrien. In the past (before Mac OS X) and in some sense still, these were used instead of filename extensions to indicate the type (and creator) of a file. See for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_format#Mac_OS_type-codes Sven
