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)