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Extended Attributes

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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Details

Introduction

ProFUSE maps certain ProDOS metadata to extended attributes, which applications can access.

Details

Attribute	Size	Type of file	Description
prodos.FileType	1 byte	All files (excluding directories)	The ProDOS file type byte
prodos.AuxType	2 bytes	All files (excluding directories)	The ProDOS aux type word, in little endian format
prodos.ResourceFork	variable	Extended files	The raw resource fork data
com.apple.FinderInfo	32 bytes	Extended files	Macintosh Finder info
com.apple.TextEncoding	variable	Teach Text files	Indicates MacRoman encoding