Apple 8100/80AV manual Viewing the contents of a disk on your DOS computer

For example, suppose you created a file on your Macintosh named

July Budget.DOC

If you viewed the same file on a DOS computer, its name would be

!JULYBUD.DOC

The exclamation mark (!) indicates that the name has been shortened.

A file can thus have two names: a long name (for when the file is displayed on the Macintosh) and a short name (for when it’s displayed on a DOS computer).

While using a DOS-format floppy disk on the Macintosh, you can see a document’s short name by selecting the document, choosing the Get Info command from the File menu, and clicking the document’s name in the Info dialog box. (For this procedure to work, you must have the File Sharing Extension installed.)

Long name

Short name

Viewing the contents of a disk on your DOS computer

When you view the directory of a disk on your DOS computer, you might notice additional directories named RESOURCE.FRK. These directories contain important information, known as resources, which are contained in some Macintosh documents.

WARNING Do not delete or move any directories named RESOURCE.FRK, and do not move any files out of these directories.

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