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DAPFS(8)							      DAPFS(8)

NAME
       mount.dapfs - Mount DAP filesystem over DECnet

SYNOPSIS
       mount.dapfs <node> <mount-point> [-o options] [options]

DESCRIPTION
       This tool is part of the DECnet programs (dnprogs) suite.
       mount.dapfs  mounts  a  DAP  filesystem on (probably) a VMS server as a
       directory on a Linux system. It is invoked by the  mount	 command  when
       usig the -t dapfs switch. dapfs use the FUSE (Filesystem in USEr space)
       system.
       The node name specified must exist in /etc/decnet.conf  or  be  a  node
       address.	 With no options given dapfs will connect using a default DEC‐
       net account on the remote server.

OPTIONS
       username=
	      tells dapfs to use this username for the connection.
	      password= tells dapfs to use this password for the connection.
	      block tells dapfs to return data using block  mode  rather  than
	      record  mode.  This  will	 return the whole of the internal file
	      structure (eg with sequential files you could get odd line  end‐
	      ings  where  the	record separators live). It is most useful for
	      reading binary data.
	      record read data using record mode (the default).

EXAMPLES
       # mount -tdapfs zarqon /mnt/vax
       Mounts the default  DECnet  account  on	node  ZARQON  onto  the	 Linux
       filesystem /mnt/vax

       # mount -tdapfs alpha1 /mnt/alpha -ousername=SYSTEM,password=field
       Mounts the home directory for the user SYSTEM on node ALPHA1, using the
       password "field" on /mnt/alpha.

CAVEATS
       All files are access by record and this can cause some odd  effects  if
       you  are	 not  expecting	 them. The file size shown by VMS includes the
       record overhead of RMS, but  dapfs  shows  only	the  record  contents.
       utilities that get the file size (using stat) then read that many bytes
       into a buffer will end up with a file padded with  zeros.  There's  not
       much  I	can  do	 about	this. Later versions of dapfs might include an
       option to disable record access, but I think this is less useful as  it
       would have to be filesystem-wide.
       Seeking	doesn't	 work  unless  you  have a remote server that supports
       STREAM access to files (currently VMS 7.x seems	not  to).  This	 means
       that some utilities (eg unzip) will not work as they try to seek inside
       the file looking for data.

SEE ALSO
       decnet.proxy(5),	  dnetd(8),   dnetd.conf(5),   dntype(1),    dndir(1),
       dndel(1), dntask(1), dnsubmit(1), dnprint(1)

DECnet utilities		 April 2 2008			      DAPFS(8)
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