EPS-file: How to preserve resource fork when moving file to Linux

Question

Hi!
We have a following problem on our DAM system:
When saving an EPS-file from Photoshop CS2 on 10.4 with Machintosh preview we can´t transfer the file to Linux DAM system without losing the preview picture. Apparently this is because the PICT preview file is in resource fork of the file and Linux doesn´t understand anything about those.
The problem occurs only with Freehand MX when using these un-"resource forked" files. Then using EPS with TIFF-preview we get a black background if cut path is used in the image so that´s not a proper solution.
Can ANYONE point me a possible solution: how can I transfer Macintosh files on Linux without losing resource forks??
  Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Answer 1

Control-click on the file and choose the Create
Archive of "blah" item in the menu that pops up.
This creates a file called "blah.zip", which has
been compressed in such a way that it can be safely
stored on non-Mac systems. When it is de-archived
on another Mac OS X system (by double-clicking it),
the file should be intact. (Note that third-party
apps for decoding zip files may not properly restore
the resource fork, as the Mac's archive function
creates a zip archive with the resource contents
stored in a special way, which other unzip utilities
will just read as another file (or folder, don't
recall which).
Thanks but I should have been more precise:
What I meant was that is there any tool for Linux to handle resource forks without archiving/compressing the file?
Our DAM generates preview image for the EPS automatically so it can´t be inside compressed file.