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Re: Mount_ftp

Hi Steffan,

On May 6, 2004, at 3:47 PM, Steffan A. Cline wrote:

> Garth,
>> It's the ftp filesystem itself that doesn't support writes, not the
>> TP mount utility. I don't see our ftpfs in Darwin, so it's apparently
>> not
>> open source.
>
> Since when does ftp not support write?

I didn't say ftp, I said ftpfs. That's the filesystem that mounts an
ftp server as a read-only volume. ftp definitely can send files: the
command line ftp client does that just fine. But the filesystem layered
on top of that doesn't support writes at this time.

> I use it all the time. I use, for
> example, Adobe GoLive. I open pages remotely, edit, and then resave
> them. Am
> I missing what you are saying or the other way around. FTP does support
> write. I can upload files via FTP all day long. The system that apple
> is
> doing is no more than simply reading the FTP directory and translating
> it to
> something that is GUI presentable. It makes no sense that write is not
> supported.

Then please file an enhancement request at
<http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter>. That's the way to get new
features into our products.

>
> Are we both missing something here?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Steffan
>
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>
>> From: Garth Cummings <email@hidden>
>> Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 08:15:58 -0700
>> To: "Steffan A. Cline" <email@hidden>
>> Subject: Re: Mount_ftp
>>
>> Hi Steffan,
>>
>> On May 5, 2004, at 4:49 PM, Steffan A. Cline wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone seen anything equivalent to mount_ftp that can be built
>>> and
>>> installed that allows read AND write on ftp volumes?
>>
>> It's the ftp filesystem itself that doesn't support writes, not the
>> mount utility. I don't see our ftpfs in Darwin, so it's apparently not
>> open source.
>>
>> --gc
>>
>> __________________________________________________________________
>> Garth Cummings
>> Apple Developer Technical Support email@hidden
>>
>> The Platform. The People. The Possibilities.
>> Connect at WWDC 2004.
>> http://developer.apple.com/wwdc
>
>
__________________________________________________________________
Garth Cummings
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Connect at WWDC 2004.
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