I found snitch a very useful Finder enhancement for this type of thing,
check out :
http://www.niftyneato.com/Snitch.html

-----Original Message-----
From: rasmus ekman 
To: jpff@maths.bath.ac.uk 
Cc: Csound list 
Date: 25 May 1999 17:18
Subject: Re: OT: Question for Mac users


>jpff wrote:
>>What is the Creator signature for PDF files?
>
>Type: "PDF " (with trailing space).
>Creator: CARO
>
>Apple don't make the list of codes available, but an Ivan Szekely
>has a downloadable database:
>http://www.angelfire.com/il/szekely/
>There's both a payware version and an older one which
>works as  free demo.
>
>>A related question is what about PostScript files?
>
>Postscript files apparently have (type TEXT and) various
>creators depending on what program generated it; ADBE if
>PSTool was used, vgrc if it was PictroWriter, vgrd from
>LaserWriter, etc.
>
>>Is there a Mac ps viewer anyway?
>
>The GNU Ghostscript  viewer is available for several platforms,
>including macs. Links at:
>http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html
>
>
>Modulus my misunderstandings, since I'm just now trying to
>learn about Mac myself.
>
>cheers,
>
> re
>
>