Legacy Document
Important: The information in this document is obsolete and should not be used for new development.
Important: The information in this document is obsolete and should not be used for new development.
Accessing AppleShare and Other File Servers
The AppleTalk Filing Protocol (AFP) provides an interface between an application and an AFP file server. For example, it allows workstations on an AppleTalk network to access files on AppleShare file servers. AFP uses the services of ASP.Only the workstation side of AFP is implemented on the Macintosh. Few application developers use AFP because the existing File Manager commands perform most functions needed to access and manipulate files on an AppleShare server.
If you choose to use AFP, your application can provide support that allows a workstation user to use the workstation's own local or native file system commands to manipulate files on a remote node. The chapter "AppleTalk Filing Protocol (AFP)" in this book describes how to use AFP.