help with rsrc files

vapser · 2003-09-24, 11:18 AM

i need to "unzip" a rsrc file and i have looked everywhere after a program that can unzip this file. so now i need some help with this.
i really need this file but cant get it unziped, so do any of you guys know a program that can do that?

urb · 2003-09-24, 01:33 PM

Sounds like one of those Apple Macintosh or handheld type files to me, and do Mac files use extensions?

Not sure what system you have or what you are trying to do, but try renaming the file with an extension to the image files (jpg, gif, tif). Windows explorer should show the files once they have the right extension.

Or if that doesn't work try a hex editor.

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Gotta be careful what I say about Macs around here

I could also be talking complete bollocks though.

Cleo · 2003-09-24, 02:46 PM

urb has it basically right.

Extensions are somewhat optional on a Mac depending on the program and what version a MacOS you are talking about, much like *nix.

What it sounds like is the resource fork of a Mac file. Mac files can have more then one fork. Since other fikle systems do not understand multi forked files it will end up as two files or just get discarded, either way the file ends up destroyed.

The PalmOS also has rsrc files so it may be a Palm file.

vapser · 2003-09-24, 06:11 PM

thanks guys

and i am on a PC not a mac, so i guess thats why nothing will work for me hehe.
i think that if i had a mac i would be looking like this most of the day

thants all i have to say about that hehe

2003-09-24, 11:18 AM	#1
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2003-09-24, 01:33 PM	#2
urb All the way from Room 101 Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,557	Sounds like one of those Apple Macintosh or handheld type files to me, and do Mac files use extensions? Not sure what system you have or what you are trying to do, but try renaming the file with an extension to the image files (jpg, gif, tif). Windows explorer should show the files once they have the right extension. Or if that doesn't work try a hex editor. ?????????? Gotta be careful what I say about Macs around here I could also be talking complete bollocks though. Last edited by urb; 2003-09-24 at 01:45 PM..

2003-09-24, 02:46 PM	#3
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	urb has it basically right. Extensions are somewhat optional on a Mac depending on the program and what version a MacOS you are talking about, much like nix. What it sounds like is the resource fork of a Mac file. Mac files can have more then one fork. Since other fikle systems do not understand multi forked files it will end up as two files or just get discarded, either way the file ends up destroyed. The PalmOS also has rsrc files so it may be a Palm file. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft* Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2003-09-24, 06:11 PM	#4
vapser Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 22	thanks guys and i am on a PC not a mac, so i guess thats why nothing will work for me hehe. i think that if i had a mac i would be looking like this most of the day thants all i have to say about that hehe __________________ Looking for a great design deal? Take a look at: Pixel Work or hit me up on ICQ# 253787129 6 turnkeys $3500