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diff --git a/doc/tdeioslave/mac/index.docbook b/doc/tdeioslave/mac/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7c4cf99c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tdeioslave/mac/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> + <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> +]> + +<article lang="&language;" id="mac"> +<title>mac</title> +<articleinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author><personname><firstname>Johnathan</firstname><surname>Riddell</surname></personname><email>[email protected]</email> +</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> +</articleinfo> + +<para>The mac ioslave lets you read an HFS+ partition from &konqueror; +or any other &tde; file dialog. It uses <ulink +url="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hfsplus+utils"> hfsplus +tools</ulink>, so you will need these installed for it to work.</para> + +<para>Enter <userinput>mac:/</userinput> into &konqueror; and you +should see the contents of your &MacOS; partition. If you have not +used tdeio-mac before, you will probably get an error message saying you +have not specified the right partition. Enter something like +<userinput>mac:/<option>?dev=/dev/hda2</option></userinput> to specify +the partition (if you don't know which partition &MacOS; is on, you +can probably guess by changing hda2 to hda3 and so on or use the print +command from <command>mac-fdisk</command>). This partition will be +used the next time, so you do not have to specify it each time.</para> + +<para><application>Hfsplus tools</application> let you see the file and copy +data from the HFS+ partition, but not to copy data to it or change the +filenames.</para> + +<para>HFS+ actually keeps two files for every one you see (called +forks), a resource fork and a data fork. The default copy mode when +you are copying files across to your native drive is raw data, which +means it only copies the data fork. Text files are copied in text mode +(same as raw format but changes the line endings to be &UNIX; friendly +and gets rid of some extra characters - strongly advised for text +files), unless you specify otherwise. You can also copy the files +across in Mac Binary II format or specify text or raw format with +another query: +<userinput>mac:/<option>myfile?mode=b</option></userinput> or +<userinput>mac:/<option>myfile?mode=t</option></userinput>. See the +<command>hpcopy</command> man page for more.</para> + +<para>Note that you need permissions to read your HFS+ partition. How +you get this depends on your distribution. <!-- , do a <command>ls -l +/dev/hdaX</command> on it to see. Under Debian you have to be in the +'disk' group (just add your username to the end of the entry in +/etc/group).--></para> + +<para>For some reason some folders in &MacOS; end in a funny tall +<quote>f</quote> character. This seems to confuse hfstools.</para> + +</article> + |