On Nov 15, 2010, at 4:01 AM, Leo wrote: > I wonder if it's possible to detect a shared folder? That is a folder that > is shared via File Sharing.
It would seem to be possible, since the Finder puts a banner in the window for shared folders. > Am I missing something obvious? Not obvious, no. > I couldn't find an appropriate folder attribute in either Cocoa or > AppleScript. Or any other way to distinguish a shared folder from other > folders. There are some flags in Carbon File Manager structures about file system items that are supposed to indicate the shared status, but they don't seem to be supported any longer. I used Apple's FSMegaInfo to dump the info, as in: /path/to/FSMegaInfo -vvv FSGetCatalogInfo -kFSCatInfoGettableInfo <path> > I also assume there must be a list of all shared folders in one of the Unix > special directories. Or a way to retrieve it with a shell command. I did > some extensive research, couldn't find anything. I doubt there's one single list. It depends on the specific sharing protocol and the configuration of the server for that protocol. I found that /etc/smb.conf includes /var/db/samba/smb.shares, and that file lists the shares in a manner which matches the settings in the Sharing preference pane. However, that would probably not apply if you don't share via SMB and only share via AFP. Hmm. I went hunting for the AFP configuration and think I did find the master list. Try this command: dscl /Local/Default -list SharePoints Then, take one of the listed share points and do these on it: dscl /Local/Default -read SharePoints/<share point name> dscl /Local/Default -read SharePoints/<share point name> directory_path Be sure to quote the share point name if it contains spaces or other characters that the shell will interpret. Since the "dscl" command is just a front-end to Directory Services, there should be a way to do this directly via those APIs. Some experimentation shows that these records are not modified as you enable and disable file sharing protocols or even all of file sharing. So, you'd have to test if file sharing is even enabled before paying attention to them. I believe that toggling file sharing servers on or off amounts to enabling and disabling the corresponding service in launchd. So, I think you may be able to query their status with SMJobCopyDictionary() and the relevant identifier (e.g. com.apple.AppleFileServer or org.samba.smbd). Regards, Ken _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
