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- >>>>> "Alan" == Alan Hagge <hagge@avery.com> writes:
- In article <4ipqrb$3fi@k2.avery.com> hagge@avery.com (Alan Hagge) writes:
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- Alan> Executor (on my Linux box) seems to be a nice product, but I
- Alan> have ONE problem: I use CAP (the Columbia Appletalk Package)
- Alan> to exchange files with my Mac, and it uses a different
- Alan> protocol for storing the Mac files in the Unix filesystem,
- Alan> namely, using a .finderinfo and .resource directory, rather
- Alan> than the (none-too-wonderful) "official" Apple format.
-
- Alan> Can Executor be made to recognize the CAP file format? If
- Alan> not, and any ARDI folks are listening, how 'bout adding the
- Alan> capability for the next release? CAP file format details
- Alan> are at ftp://munnari.oz.au/mac.
-
- Executor currently can't do anything with the CAP file format,
- although I suspect there are people on this list who could easily
- throw together a stopgap program that would combine the information
- from the .finderinfo and .resource directories into a proper Apple
- Double file.
-
- It is unlikely that Executor will support CAP format in the near
- future, since an informal survey of CAP vs. netatalk suggests that
- we'll use netatalk's networking to provide networking under Executor.
- Netatalk uses a slightly modified version of Apple Double, so we'll
- probably support netatalk's format before supporting CAP's format.
-
- Although adding CAP *file* format wouldn't be too difficult,
- supporting Netatalk and CAP's *network* components would be, as such,
- people who wanted nice network support under Executor/Linux would be
- likely to be running netatalk, that would further push supporting
- CAP's file format down in our priority queue.
-
- Alan> Thanks,
-
- Alan> -- Alan Hagge, Systems Administrator "Due to technical
- Alan> difficulties, the Avery Research Center light at the end of
- Alan> the tunnel has hagge@averydennison.com been turned off until
- Alan> further notice"
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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