Date   : Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:53:47 +0100
From   : "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>
Subject: Re: anybody use awServer?

Actually I didn't know that about the Exports file in L4.  I shouldn't
have thought there would be much constraint on the number of
files in Level 4.  In Level 2 onwards you could get up to 219 files
in a directory so I would imagine this is replicated or even
expanded in Level 4.

I don't know much about Level 4, never really used it much although
I do have the manual somewhere - should read it really!

Best wishes,



Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Rob
To:  "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>,<bbc-micro@...>
Sent:  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:11:11 +0100
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] anybody use awServer?

At 18:12 08/07/2006, Ian Wolstenholme wrote:

>The problem with Level 4 FS, which I have said before and which is
>why I don't really like it, is that it does just seem to use the root of
>the main hard disc inside the Archimedes to file storage rather than
>making a "hidden" network partition which would be more secure.

OK, well I sussed that one out.  $.!Server.Exports file.  Replaced $ 
with $.L4Disc (directory I created) and sure enough it only gives out 
that folder.


>If you alter the !Boot and !Run files in the !Server application, you
>can set the Server$Dir variable, which I think is the location of the
>file server's "root" directory.

Only where it looks for the programs and password files ..

It doesn't seem to life raFS, however after "just rtying it" I've 
discovered that it has it's own arrangements for getting around the 
limit on number of filenames (which awServer didn't), so that's not 
going to be a problem after all.

And, joy on joys, it doesn't seem to be corrupting everything on a 
restore! Phew...


Rob