Mac OS X Tiger in a Nutshell

Name

SplitForks

Synopsis

SplitForks { -u | -s | [-v] pathname }

Copies the resource fork and HFS attributes from a file named filename into a separate file named ._ filename, equivalent to an AppleDouble Header file. The original file retains the resource fork and HFS metadata as well.

If pathname refers to a file, that file’s resource fork and metadata are split out. If pathname is a directory, SplitForks does a recursive descent into the directory, working on every file within it.

FixupResourceForks undoes the actions of SplitForks.

Options

-s

Strip resource fork from source after splitting. By default, the resource fork is left in the file.

-u

Print a usage statement to standard output.

-v

Enable verbose output.