Re: Extension mapping in a list, and other questions

Steve Hyman(steveh[at]practech.com)
Thu, 2 Jul 1998 08:34:01 -0400

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On Wed, 01 Jul 1998 14:31:44 -0400 steveh@practech.com (Steve Hyman)
wrote:
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>I'm starting to address the issue of Windows users sharing the same
>volumes as Mac users on our AppleShare server. Currently through
>COPSTalk and ultimately through AppleShare IP v6.
>Some questions:
>* Where can I get an text file (or can be exported to a text file) of
>DOS extension to mac application mappings? All the sources I've found
>include the information difficult-to-extract formats (e.g., Win95
>registry, PC Exchange on the Mac, Dos*Rename, Cross Platform, etc). I
>want to be able to tell my users what files extensions to use when
>naming the file on a Mac.
>* Where can I get a concise description of the naming differences
>between Win95 and Mac and how do DOS names fit into that scheme etc.
>It's pretty clear I need to change my AppleShare share point names to
12
>letter names - how about folders, files, etc?
>* I'm considering creating completely seperate shares for PC users and
>Mac users., where each platform can copy from the other but only write
>to their own. Is this a practical solution of over-kill? Are there
>alternate suggestions?
>
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>
There is no registry for the extensions in the DOS world as there is for
the Type/Creator on the Mac. I have asked many poeple and about
everybody only knows what he or she has on their computer if that.
NT has file mapping, and are in the process to see how well it works.
Our NT server has a directory that everybody can access, irregardless of
the location in the building and the computer used. So far, we did not
to have to bother with extensions. NT provides a file mapping service
and we are just now to look into it. There is a PC Exchange Preference
file available on InfoMac that has a very long list. If you cannot find
it I can send you one.
The biggest problem we encountered is on the PC side where most simply
have absolutly no idea how to handle the extensions. Fortunately, thank
to ignorance, most leave it along, but most cannot crasp that DOC has no
associated program.
There us a shareware utility Drop=80Rename that will do file mapping as
well as fix names. This is great for individual files. This can also
be accomplished with simple Apple Script applets.
If we cannot get the NT server to do some mapping, I will install old
harddrives in our computer lab that have a DOS format (use FWB Toolkit),
and all a user has to do is drag a file from the server onto this disk
and the PC Exchange maps the type/creater. The file then can be moved
back to the Mac's HD.

Niklaus Hostettler
Entomology & Nematology
University of Florida

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