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From: toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
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Subject: Re: Prodos auxtypes
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russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes:

>[apple 2 people may want to skip this-- it's about preserving prodos auxtypes
>in the mac file system]

You don't need to say that-- with an HFS FST on the way this kind of stuff is
becoming important. In the 90's, multiplatform connectivity is going to be
infinitely more important than multimedia. Trust me.

>I was wondering if there was a generally accepted (or Apple-accepted) method
>for preserving the prodos file and auxtype when that file is used on a Mac.
>....

There is. According to the AFP chapter of Inside AppleTalk, you do what
Apple File Exchange does. It DOES preserve the auxtype, by setting the mac
filetype field to hold the three prodos type/auxtype bytes and a zero. I forget
which exact order they are in, though.

TO CHAN WILSON AND ANDY (if he's still on the net): A2FX and GSHK's StuffIt
should support this translation. I would really appreciate it if they did!!

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu