Re: [NTLK] Stuff It......why I now hate it

Ok I thought there were tools that could recreate resource forks. I
didn't know that actual content regarding the file will stay in the
resource fork. I have not had a Mac so I thought resource forks were
just helping one track files and for searches etc and didn't contain
actual data that should be in the file.

I will mention that some .sit files have such forks others do not. I
don't see any issue in decompressing a .sit file and compressing it with
zip with all the same files so that these forks will be preserved. Or
will that damage them in someway?

-Dan

On 3/22/2007 1:19 PM, Morgan Aldridge wrote:
> Yes, duplicating the contents of the .sit file (either compressed or
> uncompressed) would be my preferred method of going about tackling
> that issue. And, as you point out, uncompressed is even more
> preferable as it could then be downloaded directly to a Newton.
>
> The reason I brought up preserving the original .sit files (when
> applicable) is that, unfortunately, there is no way to create a
> missing resource fork. Now, most archives contain only the .pkg file
> and the majority of the data stored in the resource fork there are
> the type & creator codes (hence having to use utilities to set these
> on the Mac if they're missing). However, many non-pkg Mac files that
> might be stored in .sit files (esp. Mac software, some documentation
> formats, etc.) could have important content stored in their resource
> forks that, when stripped off, renders them completely useless.
>
> Of course, most of these are moot points considering UNNA archives
> are not being actively updated.
>
> Morgan Aldridge
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