macCreatorType: Functions for working with Mac file attributes¶
This module requires the xattr module to be installed in order to function correctly.
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fontTools.misc.macCreatorType.
getMacCreatorAndType
(path)[source]¶ Returns file creator and file type codes for a path.
- Parameters
path (str) – A file path.
- Returns
A tuple of two
fontTools.py23.Tag
objects, the first representing the file creator and the second representing the file type.
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fontTools.misc.macCreatorType.
setMacCreatorAndType
(path, fileCreator, fileType)[source]¶ Set file creator and file type codes for a path.
Note that if the
xattr
module is not installed, no action is taken but no error is raised.- Parameters
path (str) – A file path.
fileCreator – A four-character file creator tag.
fileType – A four-character file type tag.