Replacing Type and Creator in InDesign Mac

Hello Everyone:
Our plant uses a process that FTPs InDesign files to Unix servers for storage and then FTPs them back down to local Macs for work. In the process the file is stripped of filetype and creator.
I have been tasked with writing a module that can fit in an InDesign plugin that will identify which version an InDesign document was created in, and then fix the type and creator. Does anyone have similar experience on Macs using the Adobe InDesign SDK?
My primary platform is Win, so any assistance I can receive would be greatly appreciated.
John

As the help for that functions says: "Windows and UNIX You cannot use file types and creators. Trying to set the type or creator of a file results in an error."

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