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From: instone@bgsuvax.UUCP (Keith Instone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Changing file type with ResEdit
Keywords: resedit type
Message-ID: <2970@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 19 Oct 88 00:38:11 GMT
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
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I had a diskette go bad, so to restore as much as possible,
I used MacTools to mount the disk and then I undeleted the files.
I think I got everything, but ran into a problem when I had
to put in the type and creator for the files using ResEdit (1.2d1).

Putting in the Creator was easy, but for some reason, for some
of the files, no matter what I enter for the type, it is not saved.
Other files take the new type thankfully, and after setting the
Inited bit, I can open it normally and see that indeed none
of my data is lost.

So, why would ResEdit refuse to change the type for some files?
I tried various combinations for the type, but to no avail.

BTW, the type I want is 'RSGK' and the creator is 'MRSN', if
that matters.

Thanks.

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Keith Instone   instone@andy.bgsu.edu   ...!att!osu-cis!bgsuvax!instone
Department of Computer Science      Bowling Green State University
"But Alden, we don't love you enough to hurt you."---Fractured Fairy Tales