bmenell@pnet06.cts.com (Bryan Menell) (07/07/88)
Since the net has been a little slow lately, I'll throw this out...
I've had trouble accessing stacks over a TOPS network. My stack is
on another computer (serving to me via TOPS), and when I click on it
I get that dialog box that helps HyperCard get the path name. The
wierd thing is... when I click on "Phone Stack" (on a TOPSed volume)
the dialog says, "Where is 'Phone Stack'?" Well! I just clicked on it!
So I select it again from the directory, and it dies and goes to the
home card. I have tried this with all configurations of mounting and
publishing, write-protect/one writer/many writers, and the problem
persists. Locally, everything works fine. It is just when I try to access
files that are on a TOPS volume.
It keeps going to the home card, and there is no way to even look at
files on a TOPS volume. Even if I double-click on them from the Finder.
Anybody have any ideas? Thanks,
Bryan
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In article <270@hodge.UUCP> bmenell@pnet06.cts.com (Bryan Menell) writes: > I've had trouble accessing stacks over a TOPS network. My stack is >on another computer (serving to me via TOPS), and when I click on it >I get that dialog box that helps HyperCard get the path name. The >wierd thing is... when I click on "Phone Stack" (on a TOPSed volume) >the dialog says, "Where is 'Phone Stack'?" Well! I just clicked on it! >So I select it again from the directory, and it dies and goes to the >home card. I have tried this with all configurations of mounting and >publishing, write-protect/one writer/many writers, and the problem >persists. Locally, everything works fine. It is just when I try to access >files that are on a TOPS volume. The same problem occurs with stacks on an AUFS/AppleShare server (running on a Unix system). The workd that I've heard is that HyperCard does some funny things to the filename (like changing the case of letters) before trying to open it. On a real Macintosh fileserver, using the Macintosh file system, since filename searchs are case insensitive, it works OK. But Unix is case-sensitive when looking for file names. This is what I found out, using the debug mode of AUFS. I put a stack called Inventory on the mounted volume and tried to open it. The Finder used the correct name Inventory, but HyperCard was looking for a file iNvEnToRy (finger you your throat :-|). If I change the name of the stack to iNvEnToRy, it works!!!! I hope Apple is listening, because this is a major BUG, especially since Apple is pushing connectivity with other hardware. Edward Moy Workstation Software Support Group University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 edmoy@violet.Berkeley.EDU ucbvax!violet!edmoy