Re: HFS.XFS

[Julian Reschke-FJR010 <Julian_Reschke-FJR010@email.mot.com>]

morfan@etu.info.unicaen.fr%INTERNET wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I'm currently working on an HFS.XFS driver, and I'd like to get some suggestions
> on the way to hanlde file's fork resources.
> 
> For those who don't know, on the macintosh, files have two parts called data
> fork (the data in the file, it is the file content in other filesystems) and the
> resource fork which contains the file's icon, and other things like this. (It is
> a bit like our GEM resources but it applies to each file).
> 
> Does someboy has an idea on the way to handle this ? (How to get the fork you
> want, how to handle copies, etc...).
> Resource forks are of no use for Atari users, but if you want to exchange files
> with a Macintosh it would be better to handle them.

Certainly. Handle it as in SPIN! and in MagiCMac.

There are special Dcntl/Fcntl calls which allow you to open the resource
fork, and another one to get creator and type.

Regards, jr