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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
       DECnet 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
              endings 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)