In article
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"Larry.Martell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <Larry.Martell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Feb 7, 12:09 pm, Gregory Weston <u...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > In article
> > <c282320d-0809-41c1-a10b-30ae0d55c...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >
> > "Larry.Mart...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <Larry.Mart...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > If I copy a .app file from one mac to another (using scp)
> > > the file on the destination machine cannot be run. If I try
> > > to run it says that it's a classic app and it cannot be run.
> > > What I have to do is copy the .scpt file, and then save it as
> > > an application. This is a pain if I have a lot of machines to
> > > set up. Is there a way I can copy applescript .app files around
> > > and use them?
> >
> > I do it fairly often, but using Finder and AppleShare. Never had a
> > problem.
>
> Someone wrote me privately and said they thought the problem was that
> the resource fork was not getting copied when I copied the file with
> scp. I thought they got rid of resource forks when they switched to
> a BSD based OS.
Nope. Discouraged for new development, but they couldn't just drop them
and unless I've missed something very recent they're not even officially
deprecated.
> But that would be consistent with your experiences, since the finder
> probably copies both forks. Does anyone know if there's a way to copy
> both forks with scp?
Looks like this might work.
<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070226164433754>
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