Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!xmission!news.bbs-scene.org!macgui.com!marklim From: Mark P M Lim Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.programmer Subject: Re: Will there be a =?UTF-8?B?Q2lkZXJYUHJlc3M/?= Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 09:42:49 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Mac GUI Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: gunshin.wiredns.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: technocratmedia-w1.news.bbs-scene.org 1373794969 24041 74.119.145.48 (14 Jul 2013 09:42:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@bbs-scene.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 09:42:49 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mac GUI Usenet Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.apple2.programmer:742 Hugh Hood wrote: > Mark: > > I think you've got the makings of a fine project, and hope that you > continue > to tweak it. > Thanks, Hugh for the encouragement. The program as-is does not do justice to Andy McFadden's work. > > Anyway, as you continue on (CiderXPress does have a nice sound to it), I > would ask that you consider preserving (since this is on Mac OS X) the > ProDOS file attributes via the tried-and-true Finder attributes of Creator > Code and FileType. I know, I know that the Creator Code is deprecated, but > it's still available. FileType allows ProDOS File Type and Aux Type to be > preserved, and is preferable, I think, to file extensions or xattrs. > No problems preserving the ProDOS FileType and AuxType of files but I have difficulty with the dates (creation & modification). CiderPress' source code doesn't seem to have a separate method for changing the dates. Regards. Mark PS. Can't seem to reply through Google.