On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Andre Moll wrote:

Thanks for your detailed clarification.

> I think the problem is, that under Win OS the file Protocoll can be used
> for Access Samba Network shares.

The fact remains that there is no *defined* protocol to access files remotely
like that. Microsoft seems to assume the SMB protocol, but in the same manner
just about anyone could invent their own access method for remote file://
files.

It just isn't a portable method of accessing remote files, and I can't see
how it can ever become one.

> And if u want to have it under other OS too, then u must implement the
> samba protocoll completely.

Yes, but only if the target hostname is a Windows machine. What would the
correct protocol be if the target host is a unix? And how would you know?

> Which I think isn't neccessary at all (unless a bored programmer has
> nothing to do right now ;-) ).

Several people actually mentioned SMB support in the recent curl
questionnaire [http://curl.haxx.se/q/analysis.html].

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