From 5b42034c1c78d72ab0f8389b906b642320c3cd91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Reuben Thomas Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:41:42 +0000 Subject: Document the attributes mapping. Fix some English in the first paragraph. --- doc/plpfuse.man.in | 21 +++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/plpfuse.man.in b/doc/plpfuse.man.in index 88dd27f..089bf4b 100644 --- a/doc/plpfuse.man.in +++ b/doc/plpfuse.man.in @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3