Short:        MUI GUI for nfs-handler (NFSv3)
Author:       renaud.schweingruber@protonmail.com (Renaud Schweingruber)
Uploader:     renaud schweingruber protonmail com
Type:         comm/net
Version:      1.1
Requires:     MUI 3.8, nfs-handler, filesysbox.library 54.3+
Architecture: m68k-amigaos
Distribution: Aminet

NFS-GUI writes, loads and mounts the DOSDriver for nfs-handler, the
AmigaOS 3 NFSv3 client built on filesysbox.library.

Editing a DOSDriver by hand means remembering a ReadArgs template, the
transfer size limits and which protection bits Mount needs. NFS-GUI puts
all of it in one window, mounts it on the spot, and shows what the
commands printed.


FEATURES

- Writes a DOSDriver to SYS:Storage/DOSDrivers, or to any drawer, with
  the Workbench icon needed to mount it by double-click.
- Reads an existing DOSDriver back into the form, Startup line included,
  so a mount can be edited instead of retyped.
- Accepts both Startup syntaxes: "HOST EXPORT" as used by nfs-handler,
  and the older single word "host:/export" of AmiNFSv3.
- Mounts and dismounts from the window, echoing what Mount and
  FbxDismount print into an event logger.
- Checks before mounting that filesysbox.library is present, that the
  DOSDriver and the handler are readable, and that StackSize is at
  least 65536.


USAGE

Fill in the server address and the export path; everything else already
has a usable default. Then Save DOSDriver, then Mount.

The Mount tab holds the handler, the device name, the destination
drawer, the icon switch, and the export itself: server address, export
path, volume name, UID, GID and a read-only switch.

The Advanced tab holds Stacksize, Priority, a time zone override and the
transfer tuning (RSIZE, WSIZE, DEPTH). Leave the time zone empty unless
you need to override locale.library.

At startup the GUI loads the DOSDriver already present in the
destination drawer, if there is one.


INSTALLATION

Copy NFS-GUI (and its icon) anywhere you like, SYS:Tools for instance.
The program itself only needs MUI. Mounting needs nfs-handler in L: and
filesysbox.library in LIBS:.


NOTES

The Startup line of a DOSDriver is quoted, so an export path containing
a space cannot be expressed; the GUI warns instead of writing something
that will not mount.

GlobVec is always written as -1, the only valid value for a handler
written in C, so the GUI does not ask for it.

Dismounting uses FbxDismount, which ships with filesysbox, and not the
NFSDismount of the original AmiNFSv3 handler.


LICENSE

Not open source, not public domain. Free of charge.

The author publishes NFS-GUI on Aminet; you may use it for anything
and give a copy of the complete unmodified archive to another person.

Written permission from the author is required before including it in
any distribution, collection, package, installer, disk image, CD or
DVD, whether sold or given away, before offering it for download from
any other site, before distributing a modified version, and before
reusing any part of the source in another project.

Permission is usually given, and gladly:
renaud.schweingruber@protonmail.com

No warranty of any kind. See the LICENSE file in the archive.