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From: lucifer@world.std.com (Kevin S Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: question
Message-ID: <1991Apr24.001045.10057@world.std.com>
Date: 24 Apr 91 00:10:45 GMT
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In article <1991Apr23.064407.25899@cse.uta.edu> c056hdh@utarlg.uta.edu writes:
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>	well, this is my first post. 
>
>	can someone tell me what a forked file is?  how it is used? and why? 
>  	I'm not a GS programmer or hacker, so I'm sorry if I sound ignorant.

Basically it is a disk file that is conceptually viewed in two parts.
The first part holds data (or program code), the other holds 
resources. Resources are similar to program code, but are things like
definitions for how a window will look and the like.

Of course, there are numerous people here on the net who are
infinitely more able to answer your question that I am. The two
best are Apple,Inc employees (Andy Nicholas & David Lyons). Both
join us here on the net in their spare time and are always very
informative. 
-- 
Kevin S. Green / lucifer@world.std.com / {xylogics;uunet}!world!lucifer