Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!dlyons From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: forked files Message-ID: <33155@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 14 Jul 89 20:56:06 GMT References: Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 24 In article bh1e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Brendan Gallagher Hoar) writes: [ ProDOS 8 really ought to be able to DESTROY extended files ] >If it doesn't, it would seem to me that Apple isn't supporting the extended >file format as a PRODOS extension (it is used thru the ProDOS FST, isn't it?), >but merely as a GS/OS extension to ProDOS. And if they are doing that, why >not just totally rewrite it, since it makes it incompatible? I'm having a lot of trouble following the logic there. Why would you want to throw away all the existing compatibility? Not everybody likes the idea of resource forks--but they exist. Given that extended files exist, would you prefer *not* to be able to create them on ProDOS disks? That would mean you'd have to have some *other* kind of volume that you'd normally use with GS/OS, and ProDOS 8 wouldn't be able to get at any files on that volume at all, even if they didn't have resource forks. --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems AppleLink--Apple Edition: DAVE.LYONS | P.O. Box 875 AppleLink--Personal Edition: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.