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authorReuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>2008-01-29 21:41:42 +0000
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Document the attributes mapping.
Fix some English in the first paragraph.
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@@ -19,18 +19,27 @@ plpfuse \- Daemon to mount an EPOC device as a file system
.SH DESCRIPTION
plpfuse is a file system which provides file system access to your EPOC device.
-It mounts the EPOC device's file systems in to your computer's file system.
+It mounts the EPOC device's file systems in your computer's file system.
Like the other front-ends, this program
-auto-reconnects after a link-failure, so you can keep the
+auto-reconnects after a link failure, so you can keep the
EPOC device mounted all the time, even when it is not connected.
-Due to Rudolf Koenig's clever error-handling, you don't need to
-worry about blocked I/O-processes if the psion isn't available.
-You simply will get an "device not configured" error, when
+Due to Rudolf Koenig's clever error handling, you don't need to
+worry about blocked I/O processes if the psion isn't available.
+You will simply get a "device not configured" error, when
accessing a file on a previously connected psion which has been
-disconnected. After that, the mount-point will appear with the
+disconnected. After that, the mount point will appear with the
drives missing. As soon as the psion is connected again, the
subdirectories will reappear (possibly with a few seconds' delay).
+EPOC file attributes are mapped as follows: readable on the EPOC
+device is mapped to user-readable on UNIX; read-only is inverted and
+mapped to user-writable; system, hidden and archived are mapped to
+the extended user attribute
+.B user.psion
+as the single characters `s', `h' and `a'. The extended attribute can
+therefore be up to three characters long. An attempt to read or write
+any other extended attribute will give an error.
+
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-V, --version