MAE: asdtool Utility Converts Macintosh File Formats (9/95)


This article provides information on asdtool a new Macintosh Application Environment (MAE) utility.
Apple is pleased to announce the availability of a new utility for use with Macintosh Application Environment, `asdtool'.

asdtool converts AppleSingle file format to AppleDouble and vice-versa. It can optionally translate carriage returns to linefeeds and handle double-byte characters, such as Kanji. asdtool determines the file format and, following conversion, adds a suffix of _sgl or _sbl as appropriate. For complete information, please read the man page supplied in the tar distribution.

asdtool is covered under the `APPLE SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT' which is supplied with MAE.

asdtool and other utilities are available from `support.apple.com' using FTP. The asdtool can be found in the directory /pub/mae/utilities. For more information, please see the README contained in the same directory.


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Published Date: Feb 19, 2012