Re: GS/OS applications on HFS disks

[Slick <PAYSlick_RCBD@hotmail.com>]

Pim Blokland wrote:
> 
> Supertimer wrote:
> >
> > >However, the other day I found that when copying a GS/OS application to
> > >a HFS disk (with the Finder), the aux type of the app gets destroyed.
> > >The file type remains the same ($B3), but the aux type reverts to zero.
> >
> > Was this GS file handled with a Macintosh program (copied, Shrink II,
> > etc.)?  I only seen this happen ONCE.  I set the file type and aux type
> 
> Nope. It was an ordinary GS/OS desktop application (type $B3, auxtype
> $DB03) which I copied to a HFS floppy using the GS Finder, and which I
> then found to have an aux type of $0000.
> I thought, that's odd, and copied it back to a ProDOS volume to check if
> the aux type would be restored in that way, but that didn't happen.
> After that, I tried a file utility to change the aux type, which worked
> fine on the ProDOS disk, but although it didn't generate any errors, the
> aux type on the HFS disk remained zero.
> That's all I did. Do you suggest I need more testing? Like, try another
> HFS floppy, and run this one through a repair utility on a Mac?
> --
> Pim Blokland
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That leads to something I was going to post about. Is there any utility
that I can use on the GS end that allows me to manipulate the (GS) file
type and atributes of files on an HFS volume. Specificaly, I want to be
able to make a file invisible on the HFS partition of my hard drive.
None of my utilities will do this. In fact, only the Finder can lock and
unlock files on the HFS partition.
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