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hfsutils - tools for reading and writing Macintosh HFS volumes
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Copyright (C) 1996-1998 Robert Leslie
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$Id: BLURB,v 1.1 1998/04/11 08:26:52 rob Exp $
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===============================================================================
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What is this?
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HFS is the "Hierarchical File System" used on modern Macintosh computers.
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With this package, you can read and write Macintosh-formatted media such as
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floppy disks, CD-ROMs, and SCSI hard disks on most UNIX platforms. You can
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also format raw media into an HFS volume.
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This package contains a number of different tools:
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* Several command-line programs (hmount, hls, hcopy, et al.)
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* A Tk-based front-end for browsing and copying files through a
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variety of transfer modes (MacBinary, BinHex, text, etc.)
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* A Tcl package and interface for scriptable access to volumes
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* A C library for low-level access to volumes
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How is this different from other HFS packages?
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This package attempts to provide a portable, free implementation of
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routines for accessing HFS volumes. It is implemented as a set of user-level
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tools to provide maximum portability.
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The command-line programs are intended to be used in the same vein as the
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Mtools command-line programs used to access MS-DOS filesystems.
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The graphical front-end provides point-and-click access to Macintosh
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volumes, which is often more convenient than the command line.
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The Tcl interface offers a scriptable HFS "shell" that is more efficient
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than the external command-line programs and allows for greater
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extensibility.
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The C library can be linked with other programs wanting to manipulate
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Macintosh files in their native format. For example, an implementation of
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the Macintosh Resource Manager could be built on top of this library to
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provide seamless access to data objects contained within the resource forks
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of Macintosh files.
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