Apple II
Technical Notes
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GS/OS
#5:    Resource Fork Formats

Written by:    Matt Deatherage                                   January 1989

This Technical Note discusses the resource fork of GS/OS extended files.
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Due to an omission in GS/OS Reference, Volume 1, some developers are not aware 
that the format of the resource fork of any file is reserved by Apple 
Computer, Inc.  Apple intends to implement an Apple IIGS Resource Manager at a 
future date, which will allow for the simple and consistent access of discrete 
chunks of data stored in the resource fork of any file.

Until such time as this format is defined and documented, programmers are 
cautioned not to store any data in the resource fork of any file.  Doing so 
will almost certainly cause the system to come crashing down when the Resource 
Manager is available.


Further Reference
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o    GS/OS Reference, Volume 1
