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@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
---- Paul H. Hargrove All material not otherwise attributed hargrove@sccm.stanford.edu is the opinion of the author or a typo.
if I want to mount a mac filesystem from an appleshare server, (over an ethernet/appletalk network) would you be able to put me in touch with the person (perhaps you ;) who's writing it?
thanks
You wrote:
if I want to mount a mac filesystem from an appleshare server, (over an ethernet/appletalk network) would you be able to put me in touch with the person (perhaps you ;) who's writing it?
thanks
I am the author of the current Linux support for mounting HFS volumes. However, there is no support included for AppleShare volumes. I am not aware of anyone currently working on such a product, though I am considering working on it once my current project is complete. ---- Paul H. Hargrove All material not otherwise attributed hargrove@sccm.stanford.edu is the opinion of the author or a typo.
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