Comments on: We Are Taking Donations! http://sixtyfive.xmghosting.com/2006/01/29/we-are-taking-donations/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:16:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Taskman http://sixtyfive.xmghosting.com/2006/01/29/we-are-taking-donations/#comment-22 Taskman Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:13:33 +0000 http://sixtyfive.xmgfree.com/?p=40#comment-22 7zX now supports resource forks and metadata. ;) 7zX now supports resource forks and metadata. ;)

]]> By: Taskman http://sixtyfive.xmghosting.com/2006/01/29/we-are-taking-donations/#comment-21 Taskman Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:01:11 +0000 http://sixtyfive.xmgfree.com/?p=40#comment-21 The zip archives produced by BOMArchiveHelper have a proprietary method, similar to AppleDouble, for preserving resource forks and other HFS metadata. I have made a few researches already, but it looks like there is no easy way to access this functionality from the outside. Should I come up with a good solution to preserve such data, it will surely be included in the next version of my compression utility (which is coming in a couple of days). The zip archives produced by BOMArchiveHelper have a proprietary method, similar to AppleDouble, for preserving resource forks and other HFS metadata. I have made a few researches already, but it looks like there is no easy way to access this functionality from the outside.

Should I come up with a good solution to preserve such data, it will surely be included in the next version of my compression utility (which is coming in a couple of days).

]]> By: Lawrence Rhodes http://sixtyfive.xmghosting.com/2006/01/29/we-are-taking-donations/#comment-20 Lawrence Rhodes Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:32:12 +0000 http://sixtyfive.xmgfree.com/?p=40#comment-20 7zX is quite a nice minimalist application. It compresses tightly and decompresses the resulting archives well (if they contain no Macintosh files). It will be most useful for decompressing 7zip archives found on the web. At present, it preserves no Macintosh file information -- type, creator, creation date, finder comments, or resource forks -- which destroys most Mac files. (The Readme should probably contain this caution.) But you can use it on bloated Microsoft Office files (no resource forks) to great effect. Would it be practical to access the archive format of the built-in BOMarchive (sp?) function to preserve the Macintosh file info in archives created by 7zX? That would handle everything but the creation date, and extend the utility for Macintosh users. Thanks for a good program. 7zX is quite a nice minimalist application. It compresses tightly and decompresses the resulting archives well (if they contain no Macintosh files). It will be most useful for decompressing 7zip archives found on the web. At present, it preserves no Macintosh file information — type, creator, creation date, finder comments, or resource forks — which destroys most Mac files. (The Readme should probably contain this caution.) But you can use it on bloated Microsoft Office files (no resource forks) to great effect.

Would it be practical to access the archive format of the built-in BOMarchive (sp?) function to preserve the Macintosh file info in archives created by 7zX? That would handle everything but the creation date, and extend the utility for Macintosh users.

Thanks for a good program.

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