This section describes how to view files on network drives. A suite of applications allows you to view files in a number of ways. The method you choose will ultimately be determined by the file type and the applications you use most often.
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If you created an association with Windows Explorer or the Windows 3.x File Manager for the file type attached to your message, Windows opens the associated application and displays the attached file. To view an attachment, do one of the following:
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Files received in BinHex format can be viewed by obtaining a BinHex formatter. Applications such as BinHex are available at this World Wide Web site:
http://www.tucows.com
MS-DOS and Windows use Stream-LF format for storing text files. Stream-LF means that each line in a text file contains both a carriage return and a line feed. Other operating systems, such as UNIX and OpenVMS, use other conventions for storing files, and the files therefore do not format correctly when accessed with NFS and viewed in Windows.
To modify UNIX and OpenVMS text files so that they use the correct format in Windows, check the Convert Text Files to Stream-LF check box when you start an NFS connection. For information on how to set this option, refer to "Accessing Files on the NFS Server" on page 339.
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The Convert Text Files to Stream-LF check box affects how long it takes to access a directory. If you check this option, accessing a directory takes longer since NFS converts each text file to Stream-LF format. We recommend you use this option selectively.
When you are using NFS and Print Assistant in Windows 95 or the NFS Assistant in Windows 3.x, if you connect to a Cisco MultiNet for OpenVMS NFS server, you may see file names that contain dollar signs ($). The NFS server on the OpenVMS host uses this convention to store case-sensitive files names on an operating system that is not case-sensitive.
For example, you may see a file named $h$ello. The dollar signs indicate that the case of the next letter should be toggled (the initial value is lowercase). In this example, the file name $h$ello is really Hello. The NFS Server also uses special characters to represent characters not allowed under OpenVMS; for example, $5K represents the plus sign (+).
This behavior is part of the normal operation of the Cisco MultiNet for OpenVMS NFS Server. Refer to the Cisco MultiNet for OpenVMS documentation for more information.
For a complete list of all special characters, refer to online help for NFS and Print Assistant.
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