On Monday, December 23, 2002, at 12:05 pm, Kow K wrote:
What I got was after untarring the /Users.tar.gz is JUST PLAIN UNIX FILES that didn't work as OS X applications anymore.Mac OS files typically contain metadata: File Type and Creator Code, which are meant to ensure that they are opened by an appropriate application. I suspect that Unix 'tar' and 'gnuzip' process the data but not the Mac OS-specific information, which is probably the reason you were left with 'plain Unix files'. Many people confuse these metadata with resource forks, which are an obsolescent feature of Mac OS.
John Siracusa, writing for Ars Technica, has an interesting discussion of the subject. He is alarmed at Apple's perceived switch of emphasis to filename extensions.
<http://arstechnica.com/reviews/01q3/metadata/metadata-1.html>
Alwyn
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