Re: Some relief for Leopard problems with Eudora?

In article <tim.streater-5611DB.14240829022008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Tim Streater <tim.streater@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> In article <op.t7adfnmvnn735j@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  "John H Meyers" <jhmeyers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

[...]

> > "Standard Unix commands in Mac OS X don't understand resource forks"
> > http://db.tidbits.com/article/7313

[...]

> That seems a somewhat dopey article to me. Why would I use standard unix

> commands to move/copy files around the OS unless I knew what I was 
> doing?

Have you read the article; seen its title? Its aim is to explain why you 
would use such commands, and how, so that you do know what you're doing.

[...]

> Why do the tidbits people think that standard unix cp etc commands under

> Mac OS X should understand resource forks anyway?

You're responding to a 4,5 year old article. I believe cp does recognize 
resource forks since about 10.4 or so. (If not, use ditto.)

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