CHTYPE(1) MachTen Programmer’s Manual CHTYPE(1)

NAME
chtype - change Macintosh file type

SYNOPSIS
chtype type file ...

DESCRIPTION
Chtype changes the Macintosh type field of the files to
type. Type is stored as a four byte string in the Macin-
tosh file system. If more or less than four bytes are
supplied, type is right justified and truncated/padded to
four bytes.

The user invoking chtype must have write permission to the
file, or be the superuser.

SEE ALSO
chcreat(1)

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