[X-Unix] [ANN] unmac

[Stroller]

On 7 Jan 2009, at 16:44, Eric F Crist wrote:

> On Jan 7, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Stroller wrote:
>>
>> I had a crack at this a while back, and ended up when I realised  
>> how poor my solution was.
>>
>> IMO you really need to use `file` to check that the files really  
>> ARE Mac rubbish.
>
> [snip]
>
>> Although I would love someone else to address this problem, I too  
>> would be a little reluctant to use a solution that depended upon  
>> Ruby, just because I don't know anything about the language. I just  
>> really like Bash for this sort of thing, just because it's  
>> everywhere.
>
>
> Bash isn't everywhere, which is why I recommend sh.

Well, it's everywhere I am, at least.  ;)
That's why I choose it.

> Bash is in many places, and available almost everywhere, so it's  
> becoming a popular scripting tool.
>
> If there is some actual interest in this, I'm willing to code an sh  
> script to perform this function.

As I said, I would love such a tool.

> Heck, even perl would be a viable alternative...

Indeed. I haven't written anything in it myself, but I have some  
favourable bias towards perl, too.

Stroller.