answer file of type ... ?

[kee nethery]

> I have some iCal export files I want to select with the answer file  
> command. I'd like to limit the answer file selection to just the  
> iCal export files.
>
> Two questions:
>
> What are the scripts I would use on MacOSX, Windows, and Unix to  
> limit the selection in answer file to be just the iCal export files?
>
> How did you determine the file type or filter with parameters to  
> use for each of the answer file scripts?


I found a format that works on Mac OS X.

answer file "select the .ics file" with type "iCal file|ics"

that is "iCal file" then a pipe "|" then the file suffix without the  
dot "ics"

"iCal file" can be seen as the "Kind" of file in the Mac OS X finder  
window with the files in a list. The file suffix is visible as part  
of the file name. The example I pulled this from had a file type as  
the third element "iCal file|ics|RCSK" where "RCSK" would be the  
Finder File Type but this appears to be optional.

This is not an example displayed in the "answer file command" docs.  
The pipe as a separator is not in any example in the answer file  
command docs and the examples there imply that you need wildcard dot  
before the file suffix "*.ics" versus just "ics"

My questions above still remain but at least now I have a way to  
select specific file suffixes on the Mac.

Thanks,

Kee Nethery