Re: Need help with BSCit2.1 and changing file type

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Polymorph wrote:
> On Apr 11, 6:13 am, "Jeff Blakeney"
> <jeff.blake...@a2central.com.remove-hji-this> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > The file type doesn't matter.  ShrinkItGS will happily open any archive
> > regardless of its file and aux type.  I believe the icon association
> > only matches the filename anyway (any file ending in ".SHK" or one of a
> > few other extensions).
>
>
> Jeff I'm not sure if that's totally correct. In my case I *do* have to
> change the filetype as when a SHK archive is transferred using zmodem
> (using MMGR) it is saved with a TXT filetype. If I double click on the
> archive from within the finder with it set to a TXT filetype, it opens
> in Hermes (even with a .SHK appended to the end of the filename). As I
> mentioned in a previous posting, however, I was able to change the
> filetype to BIN or LBR and the file association would work (maybe it
> just has to be anything other than TXT?).
>
> Anyway, that's how it is for me.  :-)

It was my understanding that Apple never used any part of the filename
to determine file type.  That convention was along a completely separate
line of development beginning with CP/M in the microcomputing world.

The convention of using a suffix to indicate a file's type is a very
natural and effective approach that makes "rename" the universal
type-changing tool.  ;-)

-michael

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