OFFTOPIC applefile (was Re: [Enh] Music Editor)

danielv at netvision.net.il danielv at netvision.net.il
Mon May 1 22:40:11 UTC 2000


Thanks, Bob, Andrew.

"Andrew C. Greenberg" <werdna at gate.net> wrote:
> At 12:40 AM -0400 5/1/2000, danielv at netvision.net.il wrote:
> >Just wondering, could some Mac guy explain what this appledouble stuff
> >is? can help but wonder, we'll have to make them transparent in Celeste
> >someday... ;-)
> >
> >Mark Guzdial <guzdial at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
> >
> >>  --============_-1255180694==_============
> >>  Content-Id: <v04210119b52f73393641@[130.207.3.227].0.0>
> >>  Content-Type: multipart/appledouble; 
> >>boundary="============_-1255180694==_D============"
> >>
> >>  --============_-1255180694==_D============
> >>  Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
> >>  Content-Type: application/applefile; name="%MusicEditorApril27.zip"
> >>  Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="%MusicEditorApril27.zip"
> >>   ; modification-date="Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:00:27 -0400"
> >>
> >>  AAUWBwACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMAAAADAAAAPgAAABYAAAAJAAAAVAAAACAA
> >>  AAAIAAAAdAAAABBNdXNpY0VkaXRvckFwcmlsMjcuemlwWklQIFpJUCABAAKcA8AAAAAA
> >  > AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAmyCbAJsgm0ttDAAAnEoq
> 
> All files in the MacOS file systems comprise two (possibly empty) 
> parts: (1) a data fork and (2) a resource fork.  The data fork may 
> comprise any data or text in any format whatsoever, the resource fork 
> is a highly stylized database of various data types.  Most of what 
> you think of as a file comes from the data fork, but apple files need 
> to be moved from place to place in their entirety.  One encoding of 
> this schizophrenic file structure is called AppleDouble.
> -- 
> Andrew C. Greenberg		acg at netwolves.com
> V.P. Eng., R&D, 		813.885.2779 (office)
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