[MacPerl] [NO LONGER OFF-TOPIC] Mac FTP alternative

[Noah Iliinsky <noahi@quando.com>]

At 4:18 PM -0500 7/31/97, Chris Nandor wrote:
>At 11.17 7/31/97, Jon S. Jaques wrote:
>>> Other transfer programs are often disasters.
>>
>The only way FTP for any platform can be considered "foolproof" is if you
>have artificial intelligence driving it.  So don't hold your breath ...
>
>I know, though, that I've had as many problems with Windows FTP clients as
>with Macs.  More problems, actually.  But it usually comes down to line
>endings.

For transfering files between our macs and our suns we use netatalk <http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/netatalk/index.html> . It's a free AppleShare server and print spooler for unix/linux, and being specifically designed to connect macs and unix boxes, it is very good about file formats and translations.

Most of the perl I write is using BBEdit on files that reside on a sun volume mounted on my mac. These files execute fine on either platform (other platform differences notwithstanding).

Disclaimer: we're using netatalk v1.4b2 for solaris. Because it is still in beta it isn't as stable as it should be. I hear it's better on other (BSD based) platforms, and a non-beta of v1.4 is due out RSN.

Cheers, Noah

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