Re: [Tb] File-Attribute in Tinderbox-Note...

From: Mark Bernstein <bernstein_at_eastgate.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:05:36 -0400

>When I link to a file with a very long filename (e.g.
>a-file-with-a-very-long-filename.rtf) the attribute is set to :
>"a-file-with-a-very-l#52CC3C.rtf"....

This is, of course, familiar MacOS name mangling. It's built into
MacOS X for programs which need to be compatible with older systems
(to be precise, for programs that use FSSpec's rather than FSRef's or
CFURLs).

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