Path: usenet.cise.ufl.edu!huron.eel.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!sea-feed.news.verio.net!feed.news.verio.net!news-peer-west.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.corridex.com!nntp2.savvis.net!inetarena.com!not-for-mail From: aml@world.std.com (Andrew M. Langmead) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.modules Subject: Data::MacResFile, cross-platform access to Macintosh resource data Followup-To: comp.lang.perl.modules Date: 23 Feb 1999 17:03:37 GMT Organization: The World @ Software Tool & Die Lines: 18 Approved: merlyn@stonehenge.com (comp.lang.perl.announce) Message-ID: <7aun19$tim$1@play.inetarena.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: halfdome.holdit.com Keywords: Macintosh Perl resource fork X-Disclaimer: The "Approved" header verifies header information for article transmission and does not imply approval of content. Xref: usenet.cise.ufl.edu comp.lang.perl.announce:237 comp.lang.perl.modules:8766 I have just released the module Data::MacResFile, a module allow Perl programs to read Macintosh OS resource data on non-macintosh computers. Most Macintosh software when transmitting files flatten the resource data for transmission (sometimes combined with the "data fork" the simple stream of bytes common in files on most other operating systems). This module should allow cross platform access to this data. This version handles the read-only access to the data. I hope to add resource writing to future versions. If interested, the module is available at Comments, criticisims, and bug reports are welcome. -- Andrew Langmead .