On 10/02/2010, at 7:44 PM, Brian Scott wrote:
> > Hi, > > I have an 8 G thumb drive formated to MS-DOS (FAT32), when I copy a plain > text file (no .txt extension) to it the text file becomes a Unix Executable > file when it gets there. > > Text files with extensions e.g. .rtf .txt remain unchanged. > > Is there some quick way of getting these pseudo executable files on the thumb > drive > to turn back into text files. > > Or must I put an extension all my plain text files before transferring them. > > I'd like to keep the TD MS-DOS (FAT32) so it can be accessed on a PC. > > TIA > > Brian > You should be able just to append the .txt extension to them and have them revert to the correct icon. You can very simply set up an Automator file to do this on a batch basis on your files before you copy them. The Rename Finder Items is the one you want. It deals intelligently with filename extensions. If you're running Snow Leopard you an even save this as a Service and have it available from Finder's contextual menu. Just another of the small evils Microsoft foisted on an unsuspecting world... -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
