Mac OS X in a Nutshell

Name

SplitForks

Synopsis

SplitForks { -u | [-v] pathname }

Copies the resource fork and HFS attributes from a file named filename into a separate file named ._filename, equivalent to an AppleDouble Header file. The original file retains the resource fork and HFS metadata as well.

If pathname refers to a file, that file’s resource fork and metadata are split out. If pathname is a directory, SplitForks does a recursive descent into the directory, working on every file within it.

FixupResourceForks undoes the actions of SplitForks.

Options

-u

Prints a usage statement to standard output.

-v

Enables verbose output.