Re: [MacPerl] SUG: Automagically applying IC mappings to createdfiles

["Michael G. Schabert" <mikeride@prez.buf.servtech.com>]

>I want to suggest that MacPerl (optionally) use the extension to
>type/creator mappings from Internet Config on newly created files.
>
>I find myself again and again changing (not by hand, of course) the creator
>of files written by perl scripts. I could use the IC module in the scripts,
>but I don't want to have Mac-specific stuff in most of those scripts.

There's a great freeware Drag/Drop app that you can use for this called
ICFileDiverter. If you just drag the files on the applet, it'll open them
in the appropriate app. according to IC. If you hold down the option key
when dropping, it'll automagically change the type/creator codes for you.
You shouldn't have a hard time setting up a script to do this for you
(external to the ones that you're saying you don't want to make
Mac-specific, of course) by watching a folder or what-have-you.

Mike

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