Duane T Williams <duane at cmu.edu> wrote:
> At 11:59 AM -0500 2/4/2000, Bruce ONeel wrote:
> >  Since John suggests that we should view the .changes et al files as
> >databases, what is the mac type for databases?
> 
> There is no standard file type for databases on the Mac.  The type and
> creator fields are whatever the programmer wants them to be for a
> particular program.  They tie a program's files together, but do not
> necessarily relate the files of separate programs.  For example, the
> ClarisWorks 5.0 database type is CWDB and the FileMaker Pro 4.0 database
> type is FMP3.

Hmm, ok, no standard mac database type.  How about for the .changes
et al on on the mac we set the TYPE to STdb and leave the creator at
R*ch in the ftp bundles?  That way bbedit or what ever will open them 
but stuffit won't translate.

Thoughts?

cheers

bruce