Can I share graphic files with a PC/Windows client using FTP?
The AppleShare IP FTP server will place files in a shared folder, with a suffix of .bin is attached to the name. In other words, if I have a file called graphic1 and place it in a shared folder called graphicFiles, when viewed from an FTP client program, the files shows up as graphic1.bin. This is not a problem for the Mac clients but it turns out to be a problem for the PC/Windows clients. When the PC/Windows clients access the file and downloads it, the file is unreadable. However, if on a Mac client, I FTP the file using Fetch or ICQ directly to the PC/Windows clients computer, the problem with reading the file disappears. The logic is as follows: If a file contains a resource fork, it is automatically served up as a MacBinary file regardless of its file extension. It was necessary for us to implement this behavior in order to get the Netscape browsers to download files properly via FTP. In the “AppleShare Web & File” extension, there is a ‘pref’ resource that can be changed to prev
