Re: Help! Filetype $00 problems . . .

[kws@delphi.com]

Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> writes:
 
>Trivia: for some reason ProDOS 8 was written so that it won't even let you 
>rename an extended file, even though that operation is independent of the file
>structure. Naturally deleting and copying are out of the question as well.
 
There is a tech note about this.  ProDOS can't use up vast quantities
of memory, as some OSes do.  Renaming a forked file shouldn't require
much extra code, but if you can rename it, why not read it, write it,
and create it, all of which *would* require extra code.  Not allowing
renaming is absolutely stupid, though.  Consistent, but stupid.