On Feb 7, 1:11 pm, Gregory Weston <u...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Larry.Mart...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <Larry.Mart...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > 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]
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> > > > 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?
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> > > I do it fairly often, but using Finder and AppleShare. Never had a
> > > problem.
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> > 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.
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> 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.
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> > 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?
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> Looks like this might work.
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> <http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070226164433754>
Thanks for the link, but it's not working for me. When I invoke scp
with -E
I get "illegal option -- E" (despite the fact that -E is shown on the
man page
for scp).
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