osxutils can do this for you with the help of "do shell script". see command "setfctypes" H =:o) L G I > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 18:41:47 -0500 > From: Mark Lively <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: help with resource forks... > > Ah.. its not that the resource fork is missing, its that the file type > is being lost. If the files have the proper extension then the OS > should be able to recreate it on its own. No idea of what it should > be though. >