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- From: dstine@cisco.com (David S.A. Stine)
- Subject: Re: Writing an external file system
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.075114.24782@csl.sri.com>
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- References: <1992Jul8.041902.27991@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> <2A5F456E.5AA5@intercon.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 07:51:14 GMT
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- In article <2A5F456E.5AA5@intercon.com> amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker) writes:
- >russells@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Russell Street) writes:
- >> Anyone got any idea how to write an external file system
- >> for the Macintosh? IM only points me to Tech Support,
- >> which apparently does not give much support (though I
- >> have not tried there yet).
- >
- >The short answer is "it's not worth it." The long answer is "it is possible,
- >but extremely aggravating." This is part of why Apple won't help you;
- >you basically have to have carnal knowledge of the File Manager and the
- >Finder(s) in order to do it righ, and even then it will make you crazy.
- >You will swear at your Mac. You will find yourself going to see Arnold
- >Schwarzenegger movies just to watch things blow up spectacularly.
-
- Indeed. I can second this, having had the pleasure of writing one...
-
- >Basically, this is one of those areas of the Toolbox Jungle where, if you can't
- >find your own way, you probably shouldn't be there :)...
-
- As a pointer to find your own way, I would recommend that you break out your
- copy of MacNosy (if you want to do this level of programming, you MUST have
- Nosy) and disassemble the AppleShare client. It has an EFS contained within it
- which translates the Finder HFS calls into AFP calls.
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