Re: Cocoa FTP Server

FROM : Finlay Dobbie
DATE : Sun Dec 12 19:43:52 2004

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:55:35 +0100, Izidor Jerebic
<izidor.<email_removed>> wrote:

> Why messing with the Finder in the first place?


Finder is the normal interface to the filesystem from the user
perspective. Finder's FTP pseudo-support is implemented using ftpfs.
So, nobody is messing with Finder directly.

> Why would people prefer a kludge to a general solution? Just because
> you like Finder and its great user interface and bug-free performance
> or is there some other reason?


Well, a general solution would be to write a filesystem plug-in for
each protocol. However, doing so is generally considered non-trivial.

A port of Fuse to Darwin would be cool, though.

-- Finlay