Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:37:53 -0700 From: "Aaron Siegel" <bulk_mail@siegel-tech.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MacPerl for Freebsd: Convert Macintosh files Message-ID: <200501271537.53361.bulk_mail@siegel-tech.net> In-Reply-To: <F53BF794-70A8-11D9-B134-000D933E3CEC@shire.net> References: <200501271232.06466.aj@siegel-tech.net> <F53BF794-70A8-11D9-B134-000D933E3CEC@shire.net>
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I am not really trying to convert, but automate the renaming of Macintosh files. I would like to extract the information stored within the fork of a Macintosh file and then rename the file to a Windows file naming scheme. The Mac distribution of Perl has those capabilities with included in the MacPerl module. On Thursday 27 January 2005 14:18, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > On Jan 27, 2005, at 12:32 PM, Aaron Siegel wrote: > > Hello > > > > I need to convert the some Macintosh files to a Unix/Windows format. > > Has any > > one been able to install MacPerl, Mac::Files, or Mac::MoreFiles on > > their > > FreeBSD system? Can you recommend another solutions for converting > > Macintosh > > files? I have look at Macutils but it did not work. > > What kind of files? text files? Are you trying to convert the line > endings from the Mac standard to the Unix standard (which is different > than the Windows standard). > > My remembrance is that Mac files end in RETURN (ctrl-M) while Unix > files end in LINE FEED (ctrl-L) and Windows has both. > > Anyway, if you are trying to convert Mac text files (like perl) to a > Unix text files, just use FTP from the Mac to the Unix system in TEXT > mode, not BINARY mode. > > Chad > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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