Re: DIF files

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

DMn2004404 <dmn2004404@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 4, 8:21 pm, Michael J. Mahon <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>> DMn2004404 <dmn2004...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'm using AppleWorks, which has the ability to read DIF files and
>>> create AppleWorks spreadsheet files from them. My question is, how
>>> does AppleWorks find a DIF file on a disk -- that is to say, how does
>>> ProDOS identify a DIF file?
>> 
>> It's just a text file as far as ProDOS knows or cares.
>> 
>> -michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II:http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon
> 
> But then, would not the file type be "TXT"?

Sure, that's the external representation of the ProDOS text file. 

But there is no file type "suffix" in the Apple world--just a
directory-stored filetype. 

I don't know where your DIF file originated or how you are transporting it
to your Apple, but there are several utilities that can set a filetype. 

You'll have to choose the text file for Appleworks--it will just take your
word that it's a DIF file, so it had better be one. 

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon