Re: Apple IIGS network filesharing

[spectrumdaddy@nospam.com (Ewen)]

Steve,

> Thanks!  I have done this and it works, but ...  Safe2/FTP doesn't
> preserve file attributes like ftype or dates etc. 

As you point out, FTP doesn't preserve attributes, as it assumes the
server at the other end saves the file as a flat file. You certainly
can't boot over FTP, but if all you want to to do is to archive,
transfer, or copy files, then FTP is very quick and universal.

To preserve the file attributes, you need to first either add a Binary
II, or BinSCII header for a P8 file, or add a BinHEX 4.0 header, or run
the files through GSHK for a GS/OS file. These two methods will preserve
the resource forks of a GS/OS file when stored on a flat file system.

Cheers - Ewen