The Allocate HFS File function allows you to create new HFS files. The new file
must be in an already existing HFS directory.
Basic Options
- System - allows the system which the function will be executed
on to be changed
- Resource - the name of the new HFS file to allocate
- Binary mode - if checked, the new HFS file will be flagged as a
binary file. This means that carriage returns and/or line feeds will not be used as
automatic record delimiters; instead, a binary record length should be specified when
working with this file.
- Permissions (User, Group, Other) - sets the permissions for the
user allocating the file, the permissions for the group to which the user belongs, and
the permissions for everyone else. Changes made here are reflected in the Advanced
form of the permissions (see below).
- Permissions (Advanced form) - sets the permissions in bit-flag
form for the user, group, and everyone else in each of the 3 digits from 0-7
(respectively). Changes made here are reflected in the check-box interface for setting
permissions (see above), which is useful when learning the bit-flags.
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