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Re: Retaining File Attributes
In <1183599586.264384.104530@e16g2000pri.googlegroups.com> CC Rider
wrote:
> I am looking for some help moving files from my Beige Mac to a IIGS.
> I have them linked via AppleTalk. I am able to see the Mac desktop
> and move files between the systems. Unfortunately, the files don't
> retain their file attributes when I transfer them. For example, a
> file with an SEA extension appears to be a TXT file. I do not have
> anything installed on the IIGS harddrive except System 6.01, so I
> cannot change the file attributes. Any suggestions?
>
> Clay Cummins
Where did the files come from? An SEA is generally a self-extracting
archive i.e. it's an application. Unfortunately if it ever passes
unprotected through a system which doesn't know about the ProDOS file
attributes the attributes will get stripped off.
I'm pretty sure a Mac (at least one running System 6 to Mac OS 9) knows
to retain the ProDOS file attributes, but if you download the file from
an Internet server the Mac never gets the attributes to start with. To
test this you can transfer a known file from the IIGS to the Mac and
back again. If it arrives back with the correct file type then it's not
the AppleTalk connection that's causing the problem.
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