Re: [MacPerl] Mac resource fork question

[pudge@pobox.com (Chris Nandor)]

At 13.49 11/19/97, Bill Ledbetter wrote:
>Well, I have the resource data in raw form.  Basically, I am deciphering
>someone else's proprietary format of a file that includes the raw data
>fork, followed by the raw resource fork and don't want to wade down into
>the resource fork.  I'd just like to write it out.  I may have to resort to
>binhexing it and let Stuffit Expander handle the rejoining, but I thought
>surely Perl could do it.  I'm not all that proficient in perl5 or in C
>programming on the Mac.

I show how to do some handling of the resource for in the Mac::Resources
and Mac::Memory sections of the draft of the Toolbox Modules chapters at:

        http://www.ptf.com/macperl/ptf_book/draft.html

I think it will do what you want.

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