Forked Files in ProDOS (was Re: Filetype $50 question)

[dratzlaf@nyx.cs.du.edu (Norby)]

In article <1993Apr5.160004.1337@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu> rgshacke@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu (RANDY) writes:
>
>Well, this isn't totally true. I wrote myself an 8 bit program that reads the
>data fork out of an extended file and writes it into a standard file. It's
>really handy for converting Teach files into regular text files. And since
>the Mac ProDOS file system extension writes all files as forked typeless files,
>it's handy for making those files useful too.
>
>Randy
>rgshacke@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu

I'd be very interested in such a program!  I'd love to be able to use the
Mac's ProDOS file extension, but to write to a ProDOS disk with it creates
the forked file.  I can't get anything to delete a file created by the
Mac, let alone read it.  (I have a //c.)


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