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NFILE - a file access protocol



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RFC 1037             NFILE - A File Access Protocol        December 1987


       8.6  CREATE-DIRECTORY Command                                  21
       8.7  CREATE-LINK Command                                       21
       8.8  DATA-CONNECTION Command                                   22
       8.9  DELETE Command                                            23
       8.10  DIRECT-OUTPUT Command                                    23
       8.11  DIRECTORY Command                                        24
            8.11.1  NFILE DIRECTORY Data Format                       26
       8.12  DISABLE-CAPABILITIES Command                             27
       8.13  ENABLE-CAPABILITIES Command                              28
       8.14  EXPUNGE Command                                          28
       8.15  FILEPOS Command                                          29
            8.15.1  Implementation Hint for FILEPOS Command           30
       8.16  FINISH Command                                           30
       8.17  HOME-DIRECTORY Command                                   31
       8.18  LOGIN Command                                            32
       8.19  MULTIPLE-FILE-PLISTS Command                             34
       8.20  OPEN Command                                             35
            8.20.1  NFILE OPEN Optional Keyword/Value Pairs           39
            8.20.2  NFILE OPEN Response Return Values                 45
       8.21  PROPERTIES Command                                       47
       8.22  READ Command                                             49
       8.23  RENAME Command                                           50
       8.24  RESYNCHRONIZE-DATA-CHANNEL Command                       51
            8.24.1  Implementation Hints for RESYNCHRONIZE-DATA-      51
                    CHANNEL Command
       8.25  UNDATA-CONNECTION Command                                52

   9.  NFILE RESYNCHRONIZATION PROCEDURE                              53

       9.1  NFILE Control Connection Resynchronization                54
       9.2  NFILE Data Connection Resynchronization                   55

   10.  NFILE ERRORS AND NOTIFICATIONS                                58

       10.1  Notifications From the NFILE Server                      58
       10.2  NFILE Command Response Errors                            59
       10.3  NFILE Asynchronous Errors                                60
       10.4  NFILE Three-letter Error Codes                           61

   11.  TOKEN LIST TRANSPORT LAYER                                    65

       11.1  Introduction to the Token List Transport Layer           65
       11.2  Token List Stream                                        66
            11.2.1  Types of Tokens and Token Lists                   66
            11.2.2  Token List Stream Example                         68
            11.2.3  Mapping of Lisp Objects to Token List Stream      70
                    Representation
            11.2.4  Aborting and the Token List Stream                71



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