Re: Supporting Macintosh FinderInfo/Resource Fork in Linux NWFS 2.0

Jeff V. Merkey (jmerkey@timpanogas.com)
Sun, 12 Dec 1999 15:31:24 -0700


Thanks!

Jeff

Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> jmerkey@timpanogas.com (Jeff V. Merkey) writes:
>
> > Is there any Macintosh File support in Linux via the VFS or IOCTL's
> > through the NFS? I looked through the other FS's and don't even see
> > IOCTL's for dealing with this, though I admit I may not recognize what I
> > am looking at. I am also curious is we have a MAC server for presenting
> > MAC files to MAC clients with all the widgets they come to expect.
>
> netatalk (the file server) uses a hidden directory with special files
> for that. If you keep compatible with their filenames then it would be
> possible to directly serve atalk from such a nwfs to MacOS clients.
>
> Mapping them to the normal file system name space seems to be the best
> approach for forks anyways.
>
> -Andi
>
> --
> This is like TV. I don't like TV.

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