mss+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Sherman) (10/14/90)
It seems that when I drag a file from a "Mac" disk that has type TEXT to an AUX directory and then use fcnvt to get the data fork, I always have my new liens converted. I do not know where the process is happening, nor do I see any way to stop it short of changing the file TYPE on the Mac disk before moving the file. (This situation arises because the FTP program from Stanford that I use always tags files as "TEXT".) Any suggestions? And while I have your attention, does someone have a list of good Mac-specific commands to know about in 2.0, like fcnvt? I'd gladly read the manual if I can figure out what to ask for! "apropos mac" doesn't yield anything! -Mark
lantz@Apple.COM (Bob Lantz) (10/16/90)
Mark, You wrote: >It seems that when I drag a file from a "Mac" disk that has type TEXT to >an AUX directory and then use fcnvt to get the data fork, I always have >my new lines converted. I do not know where the process is happening, In the file manager. See "Text Files," page 6-7 in the "A/UX Toolbox: Macintosh ROM Interface" manual chapter "File Systems and File Formats." >nor do I see any way to stop it short of changing the file TYPE on the >Mac disk before moving the file. (This situation arises because the FTP >program from Stanford that I use always tags files as "TEXT".) ;-( It's not nice to fool the file manager. >Any suggestions? Use setfile to change the type, e.g. "setfile -t 'A/UX' 'Mac Disk:file'" before moving it. This has the added advantage of putting the data fork in its own file. >And while I have your attention, does someone have a list of good >Mac-specific commands to know about in 2.0, like fcnvt? I'd gladly read >the manual if I can figure out what to ask for! "apropos mac" doesn't >yield anything! ls /mac/bin yields the MPW tools we have: rez, derez, and setfile, as well as the changesize, launch and cmdo utilities. I might add that in addition to Macintosh applications, text-based MPW tools can be launched from the Unix shells. > -Mark Bob Lantz A/UX Team