On 23/04/11 12:44, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:42:56 -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: > >> On Apr 22, 2011, at 1:56 PM, Camaleón wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:03:00 -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote: >>> >>> (...) >>> >>>> I need a way, on Linux, to access files on a network share, which >>>> could be SMB or NFS (or something else) without mounting the volume. >>>> For example, if I'm on System A and I have an executable on System B, >>>> and it's on a network share on System B, is there any way to run that >>>> executable without mounting that share as a volume on System A? >>> >>> Hum... I think it could be possible, just ensure that the file in the >>> share has the proper rights (that is, it should be executable by the >>> user). >>> >>> As for java files, you could create a launcher on the desktop pointing >>> to the file: >>> >>> java -jar smb://path/to/jar/file.jar >> >> Does Java handle the SMB protocol on its own? I know I can't list a >> directory that way with ls, even with the Samba client package >> installed. > > Good question. > > Nowadays it should handle smb:// or other network protocol just the same > it does with http:// but maybe it has auto-imposed some limitations on > linux environments (at least under windows you can launch a java JAR that > is stored in a network share) or is just the JAR file has to be prepared > to be run over the network (IIRC, there is a jCIFS library to that > precisely purpose). > > Greetings, >
Prgrams that I know which do this (eg emacs with tramp editing) use a temporary copy on local file. And it is the applicaton which deals with this, not the OS. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4db2d8c9.7090...@rail.eu.org
