Re: [PATCH] OS X Resource Fork and FinderType support

[David Douthitt]

On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 12:11  AM, John Valdes wrote:

> First, let me say thanks too for putting this patch together.  I too
> think it would be nice to have more OS X folks work on Cfengine,
> though more selfishly, I want to use Cfengine on OS X myself, so
> that's my real motivation. ;)

Me too!

I agree with everything you had to say.  Before I reply, let's remember 
one more thing: replicating (or backing up) a bootable MacOS disk 
requires "blessing" the System Folder.  In order to make a copy of a 
boot disk work, this would need to be done.

Now, I would suggest the following syntax:

copy:

   /file [...] format=double

Explanation:

  If cfengine runs on a MacOS box, then it would automatically handle 
resource forks; if not, then it doesn't.  If it copies down a file, it 
does NOT expect to find a resource fork.  If "format" is specified, 
then the file is "unwrapped" on download.

  If "format" is specified on a non-MacOS box, the file format is 
ignored (but warned about).

  "format" syntax could include: "double" (AppleDouble), "single" 
(AppleSingle), "binhex", and whatever else.

  As for blessing System Folders, why not a "bless=yes" option for 
Directories?

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David Douthitt
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