I have a perl script that recurses through a given directory structure,
identifies files, and then reorganizes the files by placing them in a new
directory structure.
I use the cp or ditto commands to accomplish the last part.
E.g.
`cp $filename $chromat_dir`; #copy encountered file to the
At 04:32 -0500 11/25/03, Ari Kahn wrote:
I use the cp or ditto commands to accomplish the last part.
`cp $filename $chromat_dir`; #copy encountered file to the chromatograph_dir
`ditto $filename $chromat_dir/$file_prefix$file_suffix`;
I find that sometimes the sizes of the copied files are not
It is true that I wasn't copying the resource fork specifically. But when I
use the alias you gave me, it lists the sizes for the resource forks of the
ORIGINALS as 0.
Here is a good copy:
Original
-rwxr-xr-x1 kahn admin 193189 Oct 21 23:29
504-1_G3_14937f_H01.ab1/..namedfork/data*
CpMac and MvMac are supposedly the Macified versions, but I always use
ditto with the -rsrc flag.
On Nov 25, 2003, at 9:55 AM, Doug McNutt wrote:
I don't think that cp is able to copy resource forks though there may
be an Apple provided option. It sounds as though you are losing them.
My MPW
When I do a search for the original file, I find
../../.AppleDouble/
sometimes.
There are copies of the files I want to copy in ./AppleDouble that are 4 KB.
What is an AppleDouble?
--
Ari
http://binf.gmu.edu/akahn/
From: Doug McNutt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 07:55:03 -0700
I and many other lab admins are using ditto -rsrcFork to duplicate
homefolders in our University labs and have no problem with the files
that are duplicated. On the other hand, cp breaks anything that has
split forks. I believe some lab admins are using CpMac also with no
problems.
In the
At 11:53 -0500 11/25/03, Ari Kahn wrote:
When I do a search for the original file, I find
.../../.AppleDouble/
What is an AppleDouble?
AppleDouble and AppleSingle are file formats which incorporate the resource fork and
the data fork and the finder information (type/creator and some other
