Beos extended attributes

[1/6] from: davidegessi::tin::it at: 14-Aug-2003 15:15

Hi all, is it possible in REBOL to read/write extended file attributes in BeOS filesystem ? As Example the "city" attribute in a "people" file ? Thanks Davide

[2/6] from: bga:bug-br at: 14-Aug-2003 10:45

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Davide Gessi wrote:

> is it possible in REBOL to read/write extended file attributes in BeOS > filesystem ? > As Example the "city" attribute in a "people" file ?

Unfortunatelly, no. With Rebol/View/Pro version for BeOS (which I bought and is lacking behind the other ports right now) you the hability to execute an external program (catattr to read the extended attributes and addattr to create them) but the problem is that in the BeOS version it is not possible to actually read what the programs spit out when run so althought you could use addattr without problems, catattr would not help as you can't get its output (I guess it is worth to remind that this *IS* possible to do in BeOS in a way similar to the way it is done on *nix clones but, somehow, it was not implemented in the BeOS port). I did offer help to Rebot Tech to get this and other stuff fixed on the BeOS port (for free, no strings attached). I even sent them the BONE network stack. No go. -Bruno

[3/6] from: davidegessi:tin:it at: 14-Aug-2003 17:47

>On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Davide Gessi wrote: >> is it possible in REBOL to read/write extended file attributes in BeOS

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>network stack. No go. >-Bruno

A pity :( I've built a simple wrapper to use Rebol for trackers addon, but without this feature any addon results somewhat useless... BeOS community are big and active, I hope that Carl remember us with a new release... Davide

[4/6] from: didier:cadieu:freesbee at: 27-Aug-2003 23:49

re: Beos extended attributes There is an article about accessing the BEOS filesystem attributes with rebol. Unfortunately (for you) it's in French and it's a PDF file. But you can copy/paste to a web translator. In brief, its based on a Rebol client and server with a/some shell scripts to access the attributes. Perhaps it will help. http://www.rebolfrance.net/articles/beos/beos_database.pdf

[5/6] from: robert:muench:robertmuench at: 29-Aug-2003 7:41

> -----Original Message----- > From: [rebol-bounce--rebol--com] [mailto:[rebol-bounce--rebol--com]]

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> Subject: [REBOL] Re: Beos extended attributes > Unfortunately (for you) it's in French

Hi, just a question/suggestio about "rebolfrance.com" To me it seems this site is quite valuable. But as everything is done in French the audience is limited. Why not go the compatible way and release information in English, everyone can participate than. Robert

[6/6] from: davidegessi:tin:it at: 1-Sep-2003 3:59

>re: Beos extended attributes >There is an article about accessing the BEOS filesystem attributes with rebol. Unfortunately (for you) it's in French and it's a PDF file. But you can copy/paste to a web translator. > >In brief, its based on a Rebol client and server with a/some shell scripts to access the attributes. > >Perhaps it will help. > >http://www.rebolfrance.net/articles/beos/beos_database.pdf >

Thanks, nice article... but using a client/server approach is a bit complex for what I have in mind (using rebol for tracker addons). Sadly one feedback from Rebol HQ ufficially told me that: open/custom %myfile [fork "name"] works only in mac os... it would be so easy ! Davide

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