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slartybartfast · #1 (**permalink**) 08-31-2005, 03:13 AM

My IT manager has asked me to post a help question to see if any of you can come up with a utility which will do this

? could do with a recommended software tool that relates
to files of unknown origin, that simply appear on OS 9 as PC files. We
know that they are Quark or Acrobat files, but the association with the
creator program has been lost.
There is a shareware tool for OS 9 called FileTyper (v5.5), which does
the job OK but which doesn?t seem able to cope with batch jobs, despite
what it says in the readme blurb. And the thought of individually
changing 3000+ files is not really appealing! ?

I think that a server failed and the fail over server kicked in but all the files came back up having lost the creator type and he needs an app to make OS 9 or OSX see the creator and display the correct icon. The server is windows 2003 and has a HTFS file system.

Not really my area but any help would be great

Thanks Neil

NutCase · #2 (**permalink**) 08-31-2005, 05:23 AM

File Buddy can probably do what you need. It's been a long time since I've used it but I have done exactly what you're trying to do (but on a smaller set of files)

Version 8 is OS X only but you'll find a link to version 7 on the download page.

http://www.skytag.com/filebuddy/

version 7 download page: http://www.skytag.com/filebuddy/en/7/index.html

There's probably some command line way of doing this but unless someone knows how, give File Buddy a try.

David · #3 (**permalink**) 08-31-2005, 06:52 AM

I hit Version Tracker and came up with this.

Hope it helps,
David

slartybartfast · #4 (**permalink**) 08-31-2005, 07:39 AM

Thanks guys, will give these a go and let you know how I get on.

And thanks for the speed of your responses.

slartybartfast · #5 (**permalink**) 09-20-2005, 01:32 AM

Sorry it?s taken so long for me to get back but you know what most IT people like.
The feedback I?m getting is that Filebuddy worked a treat, so thanks David and Nutcase for your help.

Neil

David · #6 (**permalink**) 09-20-2005, 05:19 AM

You're welcome.
Glad you got it worked out.

Cheers,
David

Lammy · #7 (**permalink**) 09-20-2005, 06:45 AM

BTW file typer will do batch jobs, I just forget how it was done. I used to use it all the time.

Something preventitive you can do is start using dot 3 extenisions. I know that's scarry for most Mac folks but having .qxd at the end of the files would have solved all of this. The little PC association extention in OS 9 would have seen them as Quark files this way and OS 10 will read use the dot 3 if it can't find an parent application for the file.

David · #8 (**permalink**) 09-20-2005, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Lammy

BTW file typer will do batch jobs, I just forget how it was done. I used to use it all the time.

Something preventitive you can do is start using dot 3 extenisions. I know that's scarry for most Mac folks but having .qxd at the end of the files would have solved all of this. The little PC association extention in OS 9 would have seen them as Quark files this way and OS 10 will read use the dot 3 if it can't find an parent application for the file.

yeah, most of the newer apps (like CS2, etc.) will add these extensions to the end of the file name for you, just for that type of problem.