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From: johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu
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Subject: Re: Compactor - A reason not to use
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Date: 11 Jan 91 00:10:45 GMT
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In article <1991Jan10.225126.4155@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>, typ125m@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (John Wilkins) writes...
>yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) writes:
>>	If I'm not mistaken, the disk cataloging program FileList 1.4
>>	recognizes compactor files.  So the compactor format is not totally
>>      "proprietary" (i.e. other programs know about the format).
>Also the hypercard stack catstuff 2.0. So there!

So does the Finder.

There is a difference between reading the the type and creator info from 
the header of a file, and reading the file.  That is not the point here.  
It is the data structure of the rest of a Compactor file that is proprietary.   
FileList and CatStuff do not recognize the Compactor data format.

-- Bill (johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu)