On 8/29/05, Maninder Singh(SDG) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Russ/ All, > Thanks for the immediate help. That was really helpful. > > However, there is still one query in my mind; as it says that copying > the Mac file to a PC results in the loss of the resoource fork. But we > haven't checked out the file on a PC. We've just checked-in the .htm > file with the correct info through MacCVS client into CVS (running on > Suse Linux) and later checking-out the same file on the same Mac changes > it's Creator / TYPE fields. Is the PC interface that you specified, > specifically the Windows platform (which in this case does not come in > the picture), or is it any machine other than a MAC machine?
It doesn't matter where you check it out to. The MAC setting is per file. So if you create a file /somedir/myFile.htm and set its type/creator fields (HTML/""). Now if you commit that file and check it out to /anotherdir/myFile.htm, you'd have to manually set the type/creator fields. The only way to have the settings follow the file is to embed the information in the file iteself. Try googling for 'creating a mac-binary file'. --Russ > > Thanks again for the help. > > Regards, > Maninder Singh > Member-SDG(SCM) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ Sherk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 7:15 PM > To: Maninder Singh(SDG) > Cc: Pierre Asselin; [email protected] > Subject: Re: Need Help with .htm file in CVS. > > On 8/27/05, Maninder Singh(SDG) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > These fields are visible in the Resorcerer (MAC OS X) under the "File > > Info" option of the File Menu. > > > > Interesting Mac feature. Anyhow, from what I have read, it appears that > the info you describe is not by default stored _in_ the file: > "Once a Mac file is copied to the PC, the resource fork, type and > creator information are lost unless the file is encoded with MacBinary > or a similar format (HQX, SIT, etc.) that saves the Mac specific data > with the file. This way the file can exist on a single fork machine (PC, > UNIX) or be telecommunicated and decoded at the other end with all Mac > information intact." -- > (http://www.dtidata.com/mac_data_recovery.htm) > > This would indicate that "TEXT"/"MSIE" is the default application > associated with .html files on that machine. > > So the solution would probably be to encode the type/creator info in the > file itself. I have no idea how this would affect the portability of > the file (to PC, *NIX etc.). > > Hope this helps, > > --Russ > _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
