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From: mvk@itsgw.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: System 5.0.4
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Date: 5 Mar 91 09:32:56 GMT
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I've been reading the discussion about Get Info windows and resource forks, and
I have a quesion.  What happens when you try to copy a forked file under
ProDOS 8?  Does it crash, or just copy only the data fork?  How difficult would
it be to create a ProDOS 8 to read only the data fork?  Sure, you would lose the
resource when copying a file over to a classic Apple II, but classic machines
can't use them anyway.

I think an extended Get Info is a great idea.  If ProDOS 8 can't be patched,
can't one of us (or Apple) write a program for classic machines to remove the
resource fork?  Not an ideal solution, but workable.  Since GS/OS is supposed
to work with any file system -- not just ProDOS -- I think it should be
implemented.

Michael Kent                                      mvk@itsgw.rpi.edu