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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0000195 | VisualDiffer | Folders differ | public | 2013-08-30 14:55 | 2013-09-12 17:07 |
| Reporter | JC | Assigned To | admin | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | closed | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Platform | Mac | OS | OS X | OS Version | 10.8.4 |
| Product Version | 1.5.5 | ||||
| Target Version | Fixed in Version | 1.5.6 | |||
| Summary | 0000195: Not recognizing the difference between files that have had their resource forks stripped. | ||||
| Description | We had a bunch of old Mac files on a Windows server. Many of them had their resource forks stripped. For example, if you open a folder with fonts, they will show as zero sized "Unix Executable File" while the originals will show a size in Finder, custom icon, can be opened and will show as a "PostScript Type 1 outline font". I bought VisualDiffer just to check for these kinds of screwed up files, but it finds nothing wrong when comparing them. | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | Run VisualDiffer on a folder with files that have their resource forks and on one where they do not. | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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VisualDiffer doesn't handle resource forks very well, there is a feature request to add its support. I've implemented the support but it slows down comparison so I've never published it. If it's possible, I know maybe there are privacy problems, may you send me a resource fork file? I need more test files as possible, I've used http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/17562/hexedit to create resforks but without success |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-30 14:55 | JC | New Issue | |
| 2013-08-30 14:55 | JC | Status | new => assigned |
| 2013-08-30 14:55 | JC | Assigned To | => admin |
| 2013-08-30 14:55 | JC | File Added: VisualDiffer not noticing difference.png | |
| 2013-08-30 15:29 | admin | Note Added: 0000364 | |
| 2013-08-30 15:29 | admin | Status | assigned => acknowledged |
| 2013-08-30 15:30 | admin | Note Edited: 0000364 | View Revisions |
| 2013-08-30 15:30 | admin | Note Edited: 0000364 | View Revisions |
| 2013-08-30 15:31 | admin | Note Edited: 0000364 | View Revisions |
| 2013-08-30 15:47 | admin | Relationship added | related to 0000162 |
| 2013-09-12 17:07 | admin | Status | acknowledged => closed |
| 2013-09-12 17:07 | admin | Resolution | open => fixed |
| 2013-09-12 17:07 | admin | Fixed in Version | => 1.5.6 |
