Subject: Re: On Mac: How is file type and creator determined?
From: Donald L. Nash (D.Nash@utexas.edu)
Date: Wed May 10 2000 - 17:05:53 EDT
--On 5/10/00 3:46 PM -0500 Brian Bergstrand <brianb@niu.edu> 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.
-- Donald L. Nash, <D.Nash@utexas.edu>, PGP Key ID: 0x689DA021 The University of Texas System Office of Telecommunication Services
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