Mac files stored on Linux

[Magnus Therning]

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Janek <clug at dziewulski.com> wrote:
> I have a query:
>
> How do Mac files work in terms of being stored on Linux? By that I am
> talking about Mac files having 2 forks (data fork and resource fork).
> Storing files on Linux used to (If my memory serves me right) truncate Mac
> files to being purely data forks which would for applications make them
> unusable. If they are stored perfectly happily on Linux, what is the best
> method to do the transfer? NFS, Samba, FTP, AFP?
>
> Hope someone has an idea - I have been reading conflicting information on
> the net :(

Since there's no FS on Linux that supports forks, AFAIK at least, (or
streams as I think they're called in NTFS) I'm not surprised that only
one fork is kept.

Do you really need to store the files as they are?
There are solutions for storing Mac files on other systems:
http://www.macdisk.com/macforken.php3

/M

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