Re: Help! Filetype $00 problems . . .

[Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net>]

David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

: ProTYPE doesn't need to play around with block organisation, because it
: deals with the files before they get converted to ProDOS.

Right. It does the work where it's easier to do.

: PC Exchange will only create a resource fork when copying files to a
: ProDOS disk in the following situations:

: (a) The file already has a resource fork.

: (b) The Macintosh file type and creator cannot be represented by the
: ProDOS file type and auxiliary type.

: I imagine that ProTYPE simply ensures the file complies with either of
: the above major cases, so that no extra information needs to be attached
: when converting it to ProDOS.

I haven't peeked at the documentation in a while, but my recollection is
that one way it works is to assume by the presence of a file name "extension"
what the type should be. For example if the file ends with .shk it'll set
the type to p$E0$02$80 and the creator to pdos. It supports plenty of types
like that. I believe it always gets rid of the fork since it assumes you
want to do so when you use it.
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