Nicholas Riley wrote: > For those Windows apps (not all) that understand multiple streams, you > refer to them as "filename:streamname",
I never had any idea Windows has "streams" indeed neither did anyone here. You learn something new every day. > When doing a search I discovered the "Fork Server Helper" app which > might be useful to you, as it's designed to convert between resource > fork storage formats. > > <http://www.bresink.de/osx/ForkServerHelper.html> Yes we'd found that. At first blush, we didn't think it would work for us, but now it looks like it can -- we're going to give it try. Less fun than a Python solution, but probably less work. Thanks for all the tips, -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig