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From: leonardr@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Change File Creator In Very Large G
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Date: 29 Nov 88 18:08:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!leonardr    Nov 29 12:08:00 1988


fang@dukempd.phy.duke.edu() in comp.sys.mac

>
>	Recently, we used Kermit Server to move all the files from our
>departmental computer to our MacII. Kermit assigns MACA as a creator for
>all the text files.  It is very painful now that whenever one of the files
>is double clicked, MacWrite is called and we are asked about what to do 
>with the carriage return.  We'd like to use Edit to edit all the files.
>We know how to change file creator from MACA to EDIT. However, there are
>over a thousand files, we do not want to do them one by one at a time.
>	We come to ask for help.  If anyone know any application that can
>change the file creator for the files within one folder, please let us
>know.  As usual, thanks in advance.
> 
	There is only one program out there that I am aware of that does what 
you request - "Ranger".  It was a PD program by Darin Adler (done at least
2-3 years ago) and should be archived at sumex or any of the other wonderful
sites (I'll bet Werner's got it at Rascal since that where Darin was at the
time he wrote it!)
	Anyway, I assume that it should still work with current systems, etc. as 
the applicationd didn't do anything 'odd'.

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