Re: .sdk files

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Tue, 03 Aug 1999 12:04:02 -0700, Wayne Stewart
<waynes@intergate.bc.ca> wrote:

>The IIgs version of shrinkit (GSHK) will handle forked files, however
>it won't decompress DOS 3.3 disk images.  For that Shrinkit v3.4 ,which
>you have, is the way to go. However one thing it can't handle is forked
>files. SDK files aren't normally forked however they can acquire a fork
>in certain circumstances. One way they can acquire a fork is if they're
>copied onto a ProDOS formatted disk with a Macintosh.  I believe there's
>some utilities around that'll remove forks. However I get around the
>problem by using a HFS formatted disk to transfer the files from the Mac
>then on an Apple II I copy onto a ProDOS formatted disk. On an Apple II
>copying to an HFS then back to ProDOS will eliminate Mac generated forks.

I was talking about the files in the archive being forked and not the
archive itself being forked.  An SDK archive is supposed to contain a
disk image that is created directly from the disk so there should
never be a forked file in an SDK archive.  I suppose someone might add
a document file that might have a fork (a Teach file for example) in
the archive as well but that is considered bad form.  Better to add a
comment to the archive using ShrinkIt or GSHK.

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