I've created/modified two utilities to pre-master a Mac compatible CDROM from a Unix directory tree that can then be written to a CD-R using "cdwrite" (or any other CD mastering package).

The first routine, "mkhfs" generates an HFS CDROM (partition tables and volume) by recursively copying Unix files to corresponding Mac folders. The routine recognises files stored in the "Aufs" format (Apple-Unix Filesystem, part of the CAP package) and both the data and resource forks are copied along with any relevant finder information. If the files are not in Aufs format, then the TYPE and CREATOR can be set based on the Unix filename extension. This routine uses "libhfs.a", part of Robert Leslie's "hfsutils" package.

The second routine, is a modified version of "mkisofs" that adds Apple's extensions to a ISO9660 filesystem. Again, it recognises Aufs format files and copies both the data and resource forks plus any relevant finder information, and can also set the TYPE and CREATOR in the way described above.

I'm developing these routines as we have a regular need for delivering data suitable for direct use on a Mac - both utilities are still "under development", but they seem to work OK. However, both have their own advantages/disadvantages ...

If you are interested, then you can get both of them from:

ftp://ftp.ps.ucl.ac.uk/pub/mkhfs

I suggest you read the files README.mkhfs and README.mkisofs first.

James Pearson +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Dept. Photogrammetry & Surveying Email: j.pearson@ps.ucl.ac.uk University College London WWW: http://www.ps.ucl.ac.uk Gower Street London WC1E 6BT England