I am pleased to announce that version 0.7 of hfs_fs is now available
for immediate download from the HFS for Linux Page at
<http://www-sccm.Stanford.EDU/~hargrove/HFS/>.
It is also available (or soon will be) from Sunsite (and its many
mirrors) in <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/hfs/>.
hfs_fs 0.7 is a kernel loadable module implementing the Macintosh HFS
filesystem for Linux kernel versions 2.0.1 and newer. Note that it is
for local media only; it is not a AppleShare client.
For those of you running AppleShare servers on your Linux machine
(Netatalk or CAP), this software is a perfect way to mount Macintosh
CDROMs on your Linux machine for export to your Macs.
hfs_fs is not yet fully writable but is nearly so. If you consider
only the data fork of files, then hfs_fs is now as capable as the
MSDOS or VFAT filesystems:
You CAN:
+ Create, delete and rename directories and data forks of files with
the caveat that names are case insensitive (so foo and Foo are the
same file or directory).
+ Run Linux executables or shared libraries on an HFS disk if they
are stored in the data fork of a file.
+ Read both forks of files and the Finder's metadata of files and
directories.
+ Write, truncate and mmap data forks of files (and the resource fork
if the filesystem is mounted with the fork=cap option).
+ Toggle the 'w' permission bits (as a group) of data forks.
+ Change the m_time of files and directories.
You CANNOT (yet):
- Write or truncate resource forks of files unless the filesystem
is mounted with the fork=cap option.
- Write or truncate the Finder's metadata.
The LSM entry for this package is:
Begin3
Title: hfs_fs
Version: 0.7
Entered-Date: 30AUG1996
Description: Source for a kernel loadable module implementing the
Macintosh HFS filesystem for kernels 2.0.1 and newer.
This is not an AppleShare client.
Author: hargrove(a)sccm.Stanford.EDU (Paul H. Hargrove)
Primary-Site: http://www-sccm.Stanford.EDU/~hargrove/HFS/
146030 bytes hfs_fs-0.7.tar.gz
Alternate-Site: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/hfs/
146030 bytes hfs_fs-0.7.tar.gz
Copying-Policy: GPL
Keywords: HFS macintosh filesystem kernel module
End
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Paul H. Hargrove All material not otherwise attributed
hargrove(a)sccm.stanford.edu is the opinion of the author or a typo.
