Re: tar and AppleScript applications

FROM : David Remahl
DATE : Thu Jan 10 17:26:05 2002

> OK,
>
> I'm doing something dumb here. I've written a little AppleScript and
> saved it as an Application. It works fine on my box but when I tar it up
> for
> distribution and then untar it to test it out I get a blank icon even
> though the
> permissions and the file itself are identical. I don't get it... How
> does OS X
> know the difference??
>
> Confused and needing help....


Do not tar it. The tar format does not preserve the Macintosh resource fork.
Use .sit or .dmg to preserve this data when passing the file over the
internet.

/ sincerely, david