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masklinn
on Feb 2, 2019
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Dotfile madness
The classic MacOS had exactly this concept: Creator Code[0], similar to the Type Code[1] but storing a file's creator rather than its "mimetype".
[0]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creator_code
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_code
wool_gather
on Feb 2, 2019
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Good point, I had almost forgotten about those!
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[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creator_code
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_code