Re: What is a FORKED file?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <328F370A.6593@mindspring.com>,
Luis deSantos  <desantos@mindspring.com> wrote:
>I've been downloading some stuff from ftp.uni-kl.de and have found that
>most of them have files that are "forked."  ShrinkIt says it cannot
>extract a forked file.  How do I extract them then?  

   This normally affects people who download files through a
Macintosh, but also GS-specific files also. The Macintosh (and this
feature was later moved to the GS) have the ability to take a file and
store two independently accessible parts or 'forks' to the file.

   The comp.sys.apple2 FAQ at http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html
details in the downloading section how not to have a Macintosh add a
fork. Otherwise, the files you're trying to unpack are most probably 
GS programs and the fork is necessary-- use GS Shrinkit to unpack
them correctly.

Nathan Mates



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