Comments on: Annoying resource forks. http://consistencies.net/20050517/annoying-resource-forks/ ..but who cares about anyway? Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:08:31 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: chimaera http://consistencies.net/20050517/annoying-resource-forks/comment-page-1/#comment-163 chimaera Tue, 17 May 2005 16:25:30 +0000 http://consistencies.net/20050517/annoying-resource-forks/#comment-163 Thank you, interesting read. I just wonder why Apple is relying on resource forks or file extensions. Doesn't Konqueror & Co (I'm actually not sure on which level file-type recognition takes place) determine the type of a file by it's header/content? I don't wonder that Microsoft still does so, for well, you know, but I don't get it that OS X uses the same or comparable mechanisms. Strange indeed. Thank you, interesting read. I just wonder why Apple is relying on resource forks or file extensions. Doesn’t Konqueror & Co (I’m actually not sure on which level file-type recognition takes place) determine the type of a file by it’s header/content? I don’t wonder that Microsoft still does so, for well, you know, but I don’t get it that OS X uses the same or comparable mechanisms. Strange indeed.

]]> By: Damian http://consistencies.net/20050517/annoying-resource-forks/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Damian Tue, 17 May 2005 10:28:21 +0000 http://consistencies.net/20050517/annoying-resource-forks/#comment-162 OS X's dirty secret. "Resource forks would be fine if everyone recognised them, but that's the catch: no one else does. Moreover, OS X is supposed to be POSIX compliant, and you can't have a file system that's not in line with Unix standards. Unix does not admit of forks, so Apple cannot officially recognise them either." http://rixstep.com/2/20040802,00.html OS X’s dirty secret.

“Resource forks would be fine if everyone recognised them, but that’s the catch: no one else does. Moreover, OS X is supposed to be POSIX compliant, and you can’t have a file system that’s not in line with Unix standards. Unix does not admit of forks, so Apple cannot officially recognise them either.”

http://rixstep.com/2/20040802,00.html

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