settc(1)                                                 settc(1)



     NAME
          settc - set the type and creator  of  a  Macintosh  resource
          file

     SYNOPSIS
          settc type creator [file]...

     DESCRIPTION
          settc sets the file type and creator of an AppleSingle file
          or the header file of an AppleDouble pair.  See Inside Ma-
          cintosh, Volume III, for a description of file types and
          creators.

          The type and creator parameters are the actual strings used
          by a Macintosh application to identify itself and the files
          it creates.  If the type or creator code includes spaces,
          tabs, or metacharacters, enclose the code in quotation
          marks.

          The file parameter represents the name of the file to be
          changed.  If you are working with a pair of AppleDouble
          files, specify the name of the data file only, not the name
          of the header file.  settc automatically looks for the asso-
          ciated header file, which should have the same name as the
          data file, but with a percent sign (%) prefixed.  If settc
          cannot find the header file, it creates one.

          Most Macintosh applications open a document file only if
          they recognize the type and creator.  In the Macintosh OS, a
          file's type and creator are stored in the directory.  In
          A/UX, the type and creator are stored as an entry in either
          an AppleSingle file or the header file of an AppleDouble
          pair.  When an A/UX Toolbox application creates a file using
          the normal File Manager routines, it automatically creates
          the an AppleSingle file with the appropriate type and crea-
          tor (see the description of the File Manager in Chapter 4 of
          Inside Macintosh).

          settc is useful in two situations.

          1.   When a file's type and creator are lost during a file
               transfer from the Macintosh environment to A/UX.

          2.   When you want to use a data file that was created by
               the standard A/UX file system instead of the A/UX Tool-
               box File Manager.

          The usual symptom of an incorrect type is the file's failure
          to appear in the Open Standard File dialog box.






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     settc(1)                                                 settc(1)



     EXAMPLES
          The command

             settc PNTG MPNT report house

          establishes the type of the data files report and house as
          PNTG and the creator as MPNT.

     FILES
          /mac/bin/settc

     SEE ALSO
          derez(1), rez(1).










































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