Subject: Re: On Mac: How is file type and creator determined?
From: Brian Bergstrand (brianb@niu.edu)
Date: Wed May 10 2000 - 16:46:02 EDT
on 5/10/2000 1:33 PM, Brandon Warren at bwarren@u.washington.edu wrote
something to the effect of:
>
> How is the type and creator determined for Mac files?
>
> If a resource fork exists, then it comes from that, right?
>
No.
> If a resource fork does not exist, then what?
>
The type/creator comes from the Desktop Database that the Finder maintains.
On the Mac you use Get/SetFInfo (for Finder info) to access the
type/creator.
HTH.
-- Brian Bergstrand Systems Programmer Northern Illinois University Use the Source, Luke.
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