cvt2apple(1)

NAME
cvt2apple, cvt2cap - convert CAP AUFS files to and from Apple standard file formats.

SYNTAX
cvt2apple [-d] cap-file apple-file

cvt2cap apple-file cap-file

DESCRIPTION
cvt2apple converts CAP AUFS format files to Apple-Single or Apple-Double format files suitable for launching by the A/UX launch program. cvt2cap converts Apple single and/or Apple-Double files to CAP AUFS format files.

A CAP AUFS file consists of three parts: the data fork, which is the file which has same name as the whole CAP file; the resource fork which is a file with the same name as the data fork but located in a subdirectory called ".resource" of the directory in which the data fork is located; and the finder information, located in a subdirectory called ".finderinfo".

An Apple-Single format file contains all this information in a single file using a standard format (see the A/UX Release Notes 1.0 page 5-2). An Apple-Double format file is similar to an Apple-Single file except that it consists of two separate parts: the data fork is stored with the base name; and the resource/finder part is stored in a file with the base name prefixed by the '%' character.

cvt2apple by default makes Apple-Single format files. If the -d option is specified then an Apple-Double format file is created. This should normally be used for data files or for applications that write to their data forks.

To copy a Macintosh file so it can be used under A/UX, first mount an AUFS volume from the destination A/UX system on the source Macintosh; next drag the application you want to run into that filesystem; and finally, on the destination A/UX machine run cvt2apple to convert the CAP file to a launchable Apple format file.

NOTES
cvt2apple does not create Icon, real-name, or file-info records in Apple format files. As most Mac files contain their own icon information, this is probably not a problem.

AUTHOR
Paul Campbell

SEE ALSO
AUFS(1), AUFS(8), CAP(8)