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Re: binaries off a file server



>From: Jason Yanowitz <yanowitz@eternity.cs.umass.edu>
>Date: Tue, 08 Aug 95 14:07:38 -0400
>Subject: how to get binaries on a file server to work?
[snip]
>We have netware 3.11 running, with the nfs-nlm on it.  I am
>NFS-mounting all the netware volumes, which includes a volume with all
>the mac software for office.
>
>Unfortunately, I am unable to run any of these programs.  (examples:
>word 5.1, hypercard, macwrite, macdraw) because executor doesn't see
>them as executable.. all the files have the "scroll" icon (I assume
>for identifying text files).  When I double click on Word (for
>example) it opens Tex-Edit (which is understandable if it thinks it's
>a text file).  get-information reveals:

It sounds like your file server is exporting only the data forks of
the files.  Nothing in executor can be changed to run these files if
the resource fork isn't there, I should think.

--Bill