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apple_dump is a perl script to dump AppleSingle/AppleDouble format data.
This script can dump various AppleSingle/AppleDouble data created by mailer, archiver, Mac OS X, Netatalk and so on.
With no FILE|DIR, or when FILE|DIR is -, read standard input.
-a [FILE|DIR]This is default.
Dump a AppleSingle/AppleDouble file for
FILE or DIR
automatically.
If FILE is not AppleSingle/AppleDouble format,
look for extended attribute,
.AppleDouble/FILE and
._FILE.
If DIR, look for
extended attribute,
DIR/.AppleDouble/.Parent and
._DIR.
-e FILE|DIRDump extended attribute ofFILE or DIR.
-f [FILE]Dump FILE. Assume FinderInfo to be FileInfo.
-d [FILE]Dump FILE. Assume FinderInfo to be DirInfo.
-h, -help, --helpDisplay the help and exit
-v, -version, --versionShow version and exit
There is no way to detect whether FinderInfo is FileInfo or DirInfo. By default, apple_dump examines whether file or directory, a parent directory is .AppleDouble, filename is ._*, filename is .Parent, and so on.
If setting option -e, -f or -d, assume FinderInfo and doesn't look for another file.