FILESYSTEMS: Origin of Mac's data/resource 'forked' files ?

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1 total messages Started by sd... Steve D. Majewski Tue, 25 Sep 1990 17:45

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Author: sd... Steve D. Majewski
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 1990 17:45

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 DOES ANYONE KNOW:

 1) What/who is the origin of the double forked (data/resource) files
    in the Apple Mac ? 

 2) Are there any other filesystems with "optional" info stored somewhere
    other than the file-header or inode or directory struct ? ( excluding
    the obvious example of indexed files on systems like VMS that support
    it in the file system. ) 

 3) Any examples of unique or different info stored in file-header/inode/
   directory other than the usual: owner+protection,timestamps,extents,
   record-structure,quota-info,etc... ? 

 Reply via E-mail and I will summarize, etc. is preferable, 
 ( Things seem to disappear if I don't read news every day ! ) 
 other-wise: followup to comp.misc.

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 Steven D. Majewski		University of Virginia Physiology Dept.
 sd...@Virginia.EDU		Box 449 Health Sciences Center
 (804)-982-0831			Charlottesville, VA 22908
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 Steven D. Majewski		University of Virginia Physiology Dept.
 sd...@Virginia.EDU		Box 449 Health Sciences Center
 (804)-982-0831			Charlottesville, VA 22908

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