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From: edmoy@violet.berkeley.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Running HyperCard from a unix file server (AUFS)
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Date: 5 Jan 89 20:10:10 GMT
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In article <23389@apple.Apple.COM> dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen) writes:
>In article <5912@saturn.ucsc.edu> sirkm@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Greg Anderson) writes:
>>I have been unable to get HyperCard to work properly from a unix-based file
>>server.  Launching HyperCard from an AUFS volume results in the message
>
>Versions of HyperCard previous to 1.2.2 had problems with case-sensitive
>servers.  HyperCard also always looks in the System Folder first for a
>home stack, EVEN IF A HOME STACK IS RIGHT NEXT TO IT.  If no home stack
>is in the system folder, then it should find a home stack located right
>next to it.  In any case, get HC 1.2.2.

Though HC 1.2.2 may fix the problem in HyperCard's case, there is still the
more general problem of case-sensitivity that can cause problems.  If you
have a file named "Test" and then create a new file and use the standard
file dialog to save it as "test", a case-insensitive file system will warn
you before over-writing "Test" (it is strange that on the Mac, the name
remains "Test", and not "test").

Under AUFS, there would be no warning and you'd end up with two separate
files.  While this is non-destructive (although, you can have problems
copying to a case-insensitive volume), it isn't the same.

I've been working on a set of patches to fix the case-sensitive problem,
so even HyperCard less than 1.2.2 will work.  I'll talk to Charlie Kim
at Columbia and he says to post them when I'm ready.  I have a few things
to clear off my desk first, but I'll get to it in the next few weeks.

Edward Moy				Principal Programmer - Macintosh & Unix
Workstation Support Services		Workstation Software Support Group
University of California
Berkeley, CA  94720

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