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Authored by: JohnnyMnemonic on Dec 31, '02 01:02:00PM
I would add a mention of Versiontracker--long known by MacHeads, it is becoming something of a sourceforge for ports, hacks, and tweaks of OS X. Unix users may overlook it unless directed there.

And although you recommend against cp and mv, etc, you don't mention what the best alternatives are, which still appears to be under debate and/or poorly documented.

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Authored by: rorya on Dec 31, '02 02:26:35PM

Regarding CLI tools to deal with dual-fork files, there are a
few on the system that are worth mentioning.

If you've installed the developer tools you should have a /Developer/Tools
directory. In there you will find two utilities named CpMac and MvMac. These
allow you to copy or move dual-fork files. You can use them the same way you would use cp(1) and mv(1).

Besides that, the system comes with a utility named ditto(8), which is similar
to the cp(1) command. Read the manual page for its usage. Always remember to add
the -rsrc flag to make it duplicate the resource fork(s).



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Authored by: rorya on Jan 01, '03 07:15:24PM

oops, I have a typo for the ditto flag to preserve the resource fork.
The flag is actually "-rsrcFork"

-rory



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ditto
Authored by: sjk on Apr 12, '03 03:28:52PM

"ditto -rsrc" is equivalent to "ditto -rsrcFork".



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Authored by: krishna on Jan 03, '03 02:35:23AM

Don't forget to mention macosxhints.com as well!!!

Also, put this hint on a web page of its own ... definitely
deserves it.

Finally, you don't need to use dselect to install packages;
fink install xfree86-rootless will install from the sources,
but using 'apt-get install xfree86-rootless' will
automatically resolve conflicts and can be done without
hunting for the package in 'dselect'. Also, apt-get install
can be interrupted (via control-c) while downloading the
packages; running apt-get install xfree86-rootless again
will pick up where the last download was interrupted
and keep going.



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