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From: TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL
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Subject: resource forks vs. data forks
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Date: 10 May 89 18:44:00 GMT
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Not being one who has ever had any intimate acquaintances with
MacIntoshes, could someone explain the new (to the GS) concept of
resource forks, and, in particular how they fit into teh ProDos file
structure?  There are a lot of old (P8-based) utilities that work just
fine on P16 and GS/OS files since the file system hasn't changed, just
the operating system.  Will that continue to be true in the brave new
world?  (I note as it is that the format of directories seems just
slightly different between GS/OS and my old Beneath ProDos book, but
maybe the differences aren't important.)

TMPLee@Dockmaster.ncsc.mil