[comp.sys.mac.apps] Garfield and the bundle bit

a544@mindlink.UUCP (Rick McCormack) (11/04/90)

going back to the original problem:
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from Jeff Wiseman:   ....uunet!tellab5!wiseman OR wiseman@TELLABS.COM

I removed the init when I discovered something odd. Remember me mentioning
above about the stuffit documents not being marked as such? Well the file typ
e
that they DID show was "color garfield..". When the folder containing the
stuffit application is opened these file type names change to "stuffit
document..". The problem is, now that the init is removed from the system, th
is
problem still exists. I have used FixDeskTop to rebuild the desktop file but it
has not eliminated the problem.

Anyone have any other ideas on this one?
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This still sounds more like the old "bundle bit" problem.  When "Garfield" was
downloaded, it arrived with its bundle bit set, and now *claims* a number of
files.  Use Bund-aid or ResEdit to clear the problem.

I have my comm ptogram (Red Ryder9.X) set to bring files in under the default
of MS Word files.  This sometimes affects how Stuffit's .SIT files can be
opened.  If the oringinal archive is identified as a SIT archive, double
clicking works.  If I have to rename the incoming file to NNNNNN.SIT, I usually
have to open Stuffit and then open the file.