Re: FTP in the Finder
Re: FTP in the Finder
- Subject: Re: FTP in the Finder
- From: Quinn <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:03:24 +0000
At 8:44 -0800 28/3/02, Eric Gundrum wrote:
I still argue that it does not matter that FTP is not a file system. I have
not analyzed this closely, but I never heard a complete argument, either. I
think a Foreign File System Plugin (or whatever OSX calls it) can be
implemented for FTP.
The biggest problem I see with FTP as a file system is that it
doesn't support byte range reads. So, to read 5 bytes form the
middle of a 100 MB file, you have to download the entire file.
That's going to introduce file opening latencies that really mess up
applications, like the Finder, which expect to be able to open files
quickly.
S+E
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Quinn "The Eskimo!" <
http://www.apple.com/developer/>
Apple Developer Technical Support * Networking, Communications, Hardware
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