paul@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Anderson) (09/25/89)
Some time ago, I posted some patches to the AUFS server that would allow a Macintosh to execute remote processes on the server. This code has recently had a major re-write and is much more robust. If there is enough interest, I will post the new version. Basically, if the Mac attempts to open a file beginning with '!', then the server executes the file as a Unix command with its stdio connected to the Macintosh file handle. The Mac can start up any Unix process and communicate with it, without needing any special code on the Mac or the Unix end. We use it from Hypercard to talk to an Interpreter on a Sun. Paul Anderson JANET: paul@uk.ac.ed.lfcs LFCS, Dept. of Computer Science UUCP: ..!mcvax!ukc!lfcs!paul University of Edinburgh ARPA: paul%lfcs.ed.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: 031-667-1081 Ext 2788 Paul Anderson JANET: paul@uk.ac.ed.lfcs LFCS, Dept. of Computer Science UUCP: ..!mcvax!ukc!lfcs!paul University of Edinburgh ARPA: paul%lfcs.ed.ac.uk@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, UK. Tel: 031-667-1081 Ext 2788