[Gllug] AppleDouble file?

[Richard Jones]

On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 07:17:14PM +0100, Branden Faulls wrote:
> Richard Jones wrote:
> >rich at arctor:/tmp$ file BIRTHDAY*
> >BIRTHDAY:    AppleDouble encoded Macintosh file
> >BIRTHDAY2:   AppleDouble encoded Macintosh file
> >
> >Any idea what the heck I can do with these files on my Debian box?
> >
> >Rich.
> >
> 
> Unless you are running netatalk to network your Debian box to an 
> Apple/Macintosh network, then you can do whatever you like with them. 
> They are the resource portion of a file that the Mac filesystem uses. 
> Apple splits the binary and resource portion into two distinct parts and 
> the AppleDouble bit is Linux creating a relevant resource for your *nix 
> files, so that they can be accessed by a Mac.

Interesting. These files are big. Is there anything useful in them?

rich at arctor:/tmp$ ls -l BIRTHDAY*
-rw-------    1 rich     rich       158714 Jun  4 18:56 BIRTHDAY
-rw-------    1 rich     rich       157354 Jun  4 18:56 BIRTHDAY2

Rich.

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