Filepro and Samba

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 01:12:42PM -0500, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> Quoting Jay R. Ashworth (Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:51:46 -0500):
> [...]
> > > Simply connect to the SAMBA share from Windows, and point filePro to
> > > that drive.  (Or, with the additional UNC capabilities of 5.6, simply
> > > point filePro to the UNC path directly.)
> >
> > If you're brave.  :-)
> 
> ???

I have had, over the years, lots of problems with Windows apps and UNC
paths in the past -- not filePro specfically, mind you, but a
sufficient cross section that my inference was that the API libraries
are sloppy.

> > > Note, however, that you can't share the filePro data between Windows
> > > and Linux versions of filePro.  (Differences in filenames, such as
> > > "prc.automatic" versus "auto.prc", as well as checksums.)  Yes, the
> > > key/data/indexes can be shared, but not map/screen/output/etc.
> >
> > Correct.  Although you *can* have your Windows formats on the Samba
> > server as well, they just can't be *the same format files* as the ones
> > that the Linux filepro install is using.  You do that with, what,
> > PFDSK, Ken?
> 
> You would point PFDATA to the platform-specific map/screen/output/etc
> formats, and point PFDSK to the shared key/data/index files.
> 
> Of course, keeping updates to the non-shared parts in sync would be
> problematic.

Yep.  Make one the master, and set up a cron job to xfer the other one
in and out, be how I'd do it.

Cheers,
-- jra
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