Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Am 03.10.2009 17:31, schrieb Harry Putnam: Haa, there is an old time tool... what do I need to use in `eix' to find it. `eix midnight' fails as does `eix commander' metat...@darkstation ~ $ eix -S midnight * app-misc/mc Available versions: 4.6.1-r4 4.7.0_pre1 (~)4.7.0_pre2

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag 03 Oktober 2009 17:27:19 schrieb Harry Putnam: I started my computer life on linux 1996.. automounting is somewhat new in linux... it was not commonly used when I started out. Hmm, Not commonly used, don't know. First versions of autofs date back to April 97, amd is much older, I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag 03 Oktober 2009 17:31:28 schrieb Harry Putnam: `eix midnight' fails as does `eix commander' Does it have a different name in portage? No, it has the same name as everywhere: mc ;-) Bye... Dirk

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Hi, I really wonder about this discussion. This tool can do it, that tool can do it, the other one, too. WTF? Just mount the damn share and _EVERY_ tool can access it. So what? Bye... Dirk

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag 03 Oktober 2009 20:10:30 schrieb Harry Putnam: Dirk Heinrichs dirk.heinri...@online.de writes: Hmm, Not commonly used, don't know. First versions of autofs date back to April 97, amd is much older, I think. So no, automounting is NOT new in Linux, it's there for over a decade

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag 03 Oktober 2009 20:16:48 schrieb Harry Putnam: No, it has the same name as everywhere: mc ;-) Dirk, Your wisacre additions are really starting to wear on me. Have you been on a binge or something... and need a few days rest. 1) You've seen the smiley? 2) You got the package

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag 03 Oktober 2009 20:14:16 schrieb Harry Putnam: Dirk Heinrichs dirk.heinri...@online.de writes: I really wonder about this discussion. This tool can do it, that tool can do it, the other one, too. WTF? No problem, don't read it. That's really hard to do :) Bye... Dirk

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:31 AM, walt w41...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/03/2009 05:55 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Harry Putnamrea...@newsguy.com wrote: Do we have tools other than Konqueror that are aware of smb/UNK addressing? Before you answer please note that:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Paul Hartman
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote: Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com writes: Emacs is said to be able to do this using tramp but I haven't ever gotten it to work. Konqueror can do it... but I don't run kde, and don't really want to fiddle with

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Neil Walker
Harry Putnam wrote: Dirk Heinrichs dirk.heinri...@online.de writes: Hmm, Not commonly used, don't know. First versions of autofs date back to April 97, amd is much older, I think. So no, automounting is NOT new in Linux, it's there for over a decade now. At nearly 70, I can

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Neil Walker
Harry Putnam wrote: If it had the same name everywhere... Paul Hartman wouldn't have called it `Midnight Commander' would he. So it has at least 2 names Jesus bud, lighten up or quit the thread, if it getting to be too much for you. It has one name - Midnight Commander - BUT is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Abut smb:// aware tools

2009-10-03 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag 03 Oktober 2009 20:59:50 schrieb Harry Putnam: I never liked mc even in the old days... So you actually knew mc before? (cd /#smb:host/share) Again, another tool, another syntax. Once you simply mount the share, the path will be the same no matter what tool you use to browse