Mac <--> UNIX file sharing needed

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In article <2578 at encore.UUCP> adamm at encore.UUCP (Adam S. Moskowitz) writes:
>We have a couple of UNIX machines and some Mac's on our ethernet.  Most
>people use one or the other, but some people would like to share files
>between the Mac's and the UNIX systems.  Specfically, they'd like to use the
>editors/formatters on the Mac, but still have the files available to people
>on the UNIX systems who prefer to use vi or emacs or whatever.  I know that
>there are systems around that will let the UNIX systems act as a file server
>for the MAC's, but I don't think they address the problem of file format
>compatability.  Is there a package that will let us do this sort of thing?

At Berkeley, we have been testing the CAP code from Columbia that allows
a Unix machine to act as an AppleShare server.  When we first got it running,
I was amazed the first time I used the SigmaEdit DA to edit my .login file
on Unix!

AUFS (AppleTalk to Unix File Server), the part of CAP that does this, displays
subdirectories as folders as you'd expect in a Finder window.  The folders
can be of two types, Unix folders and Mac folders.  All files in a Unix folder
is treated as a text file, with automatic conversion of line termination
characters (CR <-> LF).  In a Mac folder, files are treated like they are
on a Mac, with separate resource and data forks and no conversion, unless the
file is a Unix text file.

You will need a Kinetic FastPath box and the KIP code from Stanford to complete
the package.  The best part is that all this code is free and available via
anonymous ftp from sumex-aim.stanford.edu (cd to <info-mac>).

Also included in CAP is the ability print from from a Mac or from Unix to either
a Unix-connected LaserWriter or an AppleTalk-connected LaserWriter, using the
Unix lpr spooling system.

I'll post a more complete report when have completed a full-blown installation
test.

Edward Moy
Workstation Software Support Group
University of California
Berkeley, CA  94720

edmoy at violet.Berkeley.EDU
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