[Pythonmac-SIG] Docs for Carbon.file??

[Chris Barker]

Hi folks,

Are there any docs for the Carbon.File module (and the rest of the 
Carbon Package).

I'm not much of a mac programmer (Python is the only language I've ever 
programmed on the Mac with), so all this Mac stuff is a mystery to me.

In any case, I need to set the type and creator of a file just created 
by my program. Poking around, I found that this appears to work:

			import Carbon.File
			mac_file = Carbon.File.FSSpec(filepath)
			info = mac_file.FSpGetFInfo()
			info.Creator = "COSM"
			info.Type = ".SAV"
			mac_file.FSpSetFInfo(info)

I figured this out by trying things out, I couldn't find any docs. What 
I have seems to work, but it also seems a whole lot clunkier that it 
should be. Is there an easier way?

I'd love to see a:

Carbon.File.SetType( filepath, type)

or something like that.

-Chris

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