On Dec 21, 2004, at 2:20 PM, Jamie Bliss wrote:
Are there any errors? If not, what happens to the
file? And is this
from a Mac, Windows, or Unix-based? (I believe that Macs store the
file type seperately from the file name; ie no extensions).
All recent Macintosh systems use the file type extensions just like
Windows and Unix systems. (In fact, Mac OS X is "really" a Unix (or
BSD) OS anyway, with an Apple-designed GUI sitting on top.)
It's true that the "classic" Mac systems did not use the file type
extensions, and instead stored the information in the resource fork
(separate from the data fork, but part of the same file). Mac OS X can
also store the info this way, but the preferred method is the file
extension, to bring the practices into line with most of the rest of
the world.
I would be very very surprised if MediaWiki could actually run on Mac
OS 9... I suppose it's possible to get it set up, but it would be
pretty difficult.
Dan Carlson
(A proud Mac user since 1992!)