On 1998/04/25, Nick Andre wrote to All on message number 515;
    Hello Nick,                                  27 Apr 1998 10:35:32
NA> I'm new to Extended Attributes in OS/2, and I'm wondering about two 
things:
NA>
NA> - How does a user get rid of the "Save File Type" prompt in System 
ditor?
NA>   I don't want it asking me everytime for the type of file to make.
  What you are doing, is saving a file with an extension that OS/2 is
unable to define to a "natural" application should you DLMB on that
file in future i.e.  what application to launch should this file need
to be worked on - I think there are a number of ways, but I've used the
freeware application "Association Editor" which can be found on Hobbes;
./pub/os2/util/system:
assoed04.zip      38548 Jul  8 11:28  AssoEdit
                                      inspect/modify file associations
NA> - How do I trim/delete extended attributes from files? Is there a utility
NA>   that will delete EA's from ALL the files on my drives?
  type >HELP EAUTIL at the command line;
Allows you to split (save) extended attributes from a file and then
rejoin the extended attributes to the file.
 EAUTIL --- datafile --+------------+---+---------------+--- 
                       +- holdfile -+   +- /S -+------+-+
                                        |      +- /R -+ |
                                        +- /J -+------+-+
                                               +- /O -+
                                               +- /M -+
  ----------+------+---------------------------------------+
            +- /P -+
An extended attribute is a mechanism that allows an application to
attach information to a file or directory (file system object).
Extended attributes are used to describe the object to another
application, to the operating system, or to the file system program
that manages the file or directory.
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        Peter (Tadpole) French 
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