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- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 00:48:29 -0500 (EDT)
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- >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
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