The best thing to do for FInfo is *not* to dereference is, but to call the
supplied methods.
`man Mac::Files` and look for FInfo, and see:
FInfo
Information for a file, including:
OSType fdType the type of the file
OSType fdCreator file's creator
U16 fdFlags flags ex. hasbundle,invisible,
locked, etc.
Point fdLocation file's location in folder
Best to use $info_ref->fdType and $info_ref->fdCreator. The resulting
scalar on derference, "JPEG8BIM", is not really what it appears, as it has
packed bits for fdFlags and fdLocation, and is length 16, not 8.
OK, yes, it is a bit odd to use a SCALAR ref for that, but you should be
using the methods so you don't need to care. :-)
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