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[sunburnt]

willhunt is working on something like this.

Click the file to mount it, & click it again to unmount it.

The package has MIME files for the file types: .2fs, .3fs, .iso, .sfs.
ROX Filer pops up the mounted file, an Info popup notifies of unmount.

Extract the file: FileMnt.tar.gz in "/", or copy it's files to the correct dirs.
I couldn't get Tar to make the archive file's paths to start with "/".

There's no GUI, the app. just works in ROX by clicking on "image files".

##### New version... I fixed the MIME files. (sorry) #####

[GuestToo]

[sunburnt]

Thanks GuestToo, I checked help when it wouldn't do it, but I missed that.
Sadly it still won't work, maybe it's for FileNames, not dirs. as help says.

Did: "tar -Pcf FileMnt.tar *", "tar -cfP FileMnt.tar *", "tar -cP FileMnt.tar *", etc.
It never put the leading "/" on the "root" dir., or it failed with errors.

I used Puppy-1, so maybe an older Tar but help listed -P, I'll try Puppy216.

[John Doe]

sunburnt, do like this:

cd /
mkdir /yourapp-1.0.0
mkdir /yourapp-1.0.0/usr
mkdir /yourapp-1.0.0/root

(must be root0 for pup 1.x)

add you stuff, then

tar -zcf yourapp-1.0.0.tar.gz yourappp-1.0.0

now you have an alien package

in pup2 you can do:

tgz2pet yourapp-1.0.0.tar.gz

[sunburnt]

Thanks John Doe; I'll try it out...

NOTE: I tried putting the apps. main dir. in "/" & then did:
tar -zcf FileMnt.tar.gz filemnt
It put the main dir. on the file paths & it still didn't put the "/" at the path start.
It just removed the / when I did: tar -zcf FileMnt.tar.gz /filemnt
And using the P argument caused it to make a P file (weard).

I'm hoping this'll be included in Puppy218 & up, so an installer won't matter.
New Puppies keep coming so fast that utility development is a little scary.
You never know just what will be included in the not so near future.

[sunburnt]

New version above, I fixed the MIME files... Sorry.

Can someone verify if it's working for them?
I'm still having troubles with it, & I need to know if it's just me.

[muggins]

sunburnt,

i just dloaded it & extracted to / ,( with pup2.16 booted of cdrom), but it's doing nothing if i click on .2fs, sfs or .iso files. do i need to reboot?

[sunburnt]

You shouldn't have to, I can't get it to work unless the image file's
permissions are not set to EXE, $ the "Run Action" is set for the file.
I don't know how to set the run action for all 4 file types in code.

Green file name text in ROX is EXE type file, black text is non EXE type.

I'm puzzled by this, but I don't understand all about MIME.
Sad because it works great in Puppy-1 without all the fuss.

[willhunt]

Maybe it's got to do with the version of rox
you are using? it is not working on my 215
erzat 216 either or my plain jane 216 I have
not tried it on my type2 109ce install yet

[sunburnt]

willhunt; I'm guessing that it'll work with any 1.xx & any 2.xx won't work.
Does your file mounter app. run with clicking a file in ROX? If so... Does it work?

I'm at an impass as I haven't a clue of what to do... Suggestions anyone?

This worked before as GuestToo said, & now to have the option denied is scary.
Kinda like having no control over all of ROX Filer's right click menu items.
Same as the file browsers I've tested... No way to modify the right click menus.
These MIME & menu problems puzzle me, it's odd to be cut off from the critical.
But the WinBlows right click menu was a pain in the arse to try to modify also.

[HairyWill]

Sunburnt
Its not quite one-click but how about doing it as a drag and drop so you don't have to worry about mime types and rox actions.

One click opens drop area
drag image onto drop area
I'm not sure if you can get the drop area to react to the drop or if you need to push a button to activate

Its not one click but it does avoid having to find the file in a file chooser which is what I see as the major usability hurdle.

[sunburnt]

HairyWill; I just tried dragging "filemnt" to the desktop for a drop icon.
First I dragged pup_save.2fs to the desktop icon & it mounted it.
Then I dragged pup_save.2fs onto it again & it was unmounted.

I figured this would work...
But you still have to find the image file in ROX Filer no matter how you do it.

[Béèm]

A bit scary.
I dropped a sfs file on the desktop icon for filemnt, but I find I have a kinda merging result.
Dangerous?

[GuestToo]

[willhunt]

no mine is not a one click solution but the filechooser method the
gmount and other script seem to be working fine here is the thread
mine is a much more basic than the one you are working on.as to
hairy's problem maybe you could grep all mount pnts for just the
files you intend to handle but it would seem like that would really
slow you down