Re: Using Files Without Mounting A Share From Another System
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.
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