metadata query - help needed

[njriley at uiuc.edu (Nicholas Riley)]

On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 08:19:04PM +0100, Jens Ropers wrote:
> I wonder if anyone knows anything about this problem -- and if not,  
> then it might help if I knew precisely where and in what form the  
> relevant metadata is stored. -- I currently just don't know. (Relevant  
> metadata here means the data that says: "Open this particular file  
> (only) with that particular application when double-clicked in  
> Finder.")

I just happened to answer this question earlier today :)

<http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/archive/macosx-admin/2004-March/035810.html>

You need to use an installer that preserves resource forks in order to
have the binding information still 'work'; I believe the Mac OS X
installer uses some kludge to get around pax's lack of support for
resource forks and Mac-specific file metadata.

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