Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:37016 comp.protocols.appletalk:2332 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!mrsvr.UUCP!shoreland.uucp!hallett From: hallett@shoreland.uucp (Jeff Hallett x4-6328) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: CAP/aufs and Sun (was Re: Macintosh NFS client software) Message-ID: <914@mrsvr.UUCP> Date: 24 Aug 89 17:01:12 GMT References: <401@kong.Atlanta.NCR.COM> <1580@lzfme.att.com> Sender: news@mrsvr.UUCP Reply-To: hallett@shoreland.UUCP (Jeff Hallett x4-6328) Followup-To: comp.sys.mac Organization: GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI Lines: 30 In article <1580@lzfme.att.com> ralph@lzfme.att.com (Ralph Brandi) writes: >In article rich@oxtrap.UUCP writes: > >We're thinking of doing this, and I have one critical question: if >we run aufs on a Sun, can the Sun access files stored by the >Macintosh? Say, f'rinstance, could I store a PICT file on the Sun >using aufs, and then read it into Interleaf (assuming Interleaf can >read PICT files, which I get to find out tomorrow....). Or do we >have to get a.... > >>Cayman, sells a box that literally converts appleshare to NFS and vice > >and store the Mac files using NFS? > Yes, it does, with one caveat: if the Macintosh file has a resource fork, it is stored in a separate file using Apple Double format. So far, the only program I know about that understands this is Interleaf, allowing the Mac version and Sun version to share files. The Cayman Gator box is a nifty product. They are diverging soon into two products - one which competes directly with Kinetics FastPath 4 and does no translation and an add-on which does the translation (effectively splitting their product into two parts). -- Jeffrey A. Hallett, PET Software Engineering GE Medical Systems, W641, PO Box 414 Milwaukee, WI 53201 (414) 548-5173 : EMAIL - hallett@positron.gemed.ge.com