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[ngllgn]

As a newcomer to aMiule, I am still a little unsure about which files are shared, what folder they are put in, and what other files on my computer other aMule and other P2P users might have access to, or not.

Are the ONLY files that are shared on my computer (using Mac OS X) in ~/Library/Application Support/aMule/Incoming OR can users get access to my other files?

When I go to Preferences>Directories and look at Shared Directories, I see a right pointing arrow, a brown/orange folder and a "/". ALL my files are in this folder. Does this mean that I am sharing all my files with other users?

There is an instruction just above this which reads "(Right click on folder icon for recursive share)"
What does "recursive share" mean?

Thank you.

Nick

[wuischke]

Hi ngllgn!

Incoming folder is always shared. In the Shared directories only folders marked in bold are shared.
Recursive sharing means, that every subfolder and subfolder's subfolder will be shared as well.

e.g.: tree structure
/
/folder1
/folder2
/folder2/subfolder

Now, if you click on '/' only all files in '/' will be shared, but no files in 'folder1', 'folder2' or 'subfolder'.
If you right-click on 'folder2' all files in 'folder2' and all files in 'subfolder' will be shared. If you right-click on '/' all files in '/', 'folder1', 'folder2' and 'subfolder' will be shared.

[ngllgn]

Thank you, wuischke. Sorry for the delay in replying, but the forum must have gone down before I saw your answer. I'm a Mac user so am not sure about right-clicking, but imagine that with some combination of control and click, I can reproduce PC Windows OS behaviour.

I see the attached image below in aMule Preferences/Directories/Shared Directories. If Iclick on the grey arrow to the left of this folder to open it, I find that it has the whole contents of my computer in it, including all my work, programs, system folder, personal stuff, everything. Does this mean that I am sharing the whole of my computer with other P2P program users? I hope not as that would be very scary.

If I doublelick on one of the folders within this first folder that has everything in it, the folder I have double-clicked on goes bold, and the colour of the folder with everything in it changes colour from orange to red. Is this the sign that something in the red folder is being shared, specifically and only the folder that appears in bold?

It says '(Right click on folder icon for recursive share)'. How do I  know whether I have done the Mac equivalent of right-click or not? Nothing is in bold, but the whole contents of my computer are in this folder icon. IF I have (unknowingly in the past) done the equivalent of right-click, how do I remove this folder at once from the 'Shared Directories' window pane, so that it cannot be shared? Or does everything on one's computer automatically appear in 'Shared Directories' even though it is not shared until marked in bold by the user?

Worried, Nick

[ken]

Thank you, wuischke. Sorry for the delay in replying, but the forum must have gone down before I saw your answer. I'm a Mac user so am not sure about right-clicking, but imagine that with some combination of control and click, I can reproduce PC Windows OS behaviour.

Yes, on the Mac a control-click is generally the same as a right-click.

I see the attached image below in aMule Preferences/Directories/Shared Directories. If Iclick on the grey arrow to the left of this folder to open it, I find that it has the whole contents of my computer in it, including all my work, programs, system folder, personal stuff, everything. Does this mean that I am sharing the whole of my computer with other P2P program users? I hope not as that would be very scary.

No, not necessarily.  This is a directory browser -- it allows you to navigate around your file system to pick which directories to share.  So, it shows you the whole file system to let you pick anything to share, but that does not mean that your whole file system is shared.

If I doublelick on one of the folders within this first folder that has everything in it, the folder I have double-clicked on goes bold, and the colour of the folder with everything in it changes colour from orange to red. Is this the sign that something in the red folder is being shared, specifically and only the folder that appears in bold?

A red folder icon means that something somewhere within that folder is shared.  It does not mean that everything within that folder is shared.

It says '(Right click on folder icon for recursive share)'. How do I  know whether I have done the Mac equivalent of right-click or not? Nothing is in bold, but the whole contents of my computer are in this folder icon. IF I have (unknowingly in the past) done the equivalent of right-click, how do I remove this folder at once from the 'Shared Directories' window pane, so that it cannot be shared? Or does everything on one's computer automatically appear in 'Shared Directories' even though it is not shared until marked in bold by the user?

If a folder is not in bold, then it is not shared.  It is the case that everything appears in this browser even though it is not shared.  There's one troublesome issue with this browser: it's quite difficult to tell if the root directory ("/") is shared because it's hard to see the difference between a bold and non-bold slash.  If you watch carefully as you double-click it back and forth a couple of times, you should be able to see the difference.

Lastly, you can always tell what you're sharing by checking the Shared Files page of the aMule interface.  It looks like a file cabinet.  You will always share your partial in-progress downloads and your Incoming directory.  Anything else is up to you.

[emotionalbear]

"Lastly, you can always tell what you're sharing by checking the Shared Files page of the aMule interface.  It looks like a file cabinet.  You will always share your partial in-progress downloads and your Incoming directory.  Anything else is up to you."

however i cant see the files i share in the file sharing window even i clicked refresh button...

[ngllgn]

"Lastly, you can always tell what you're sharing by checking the Shared Files page of the aMule interface.  It looks like a file cabinet.  You will always share your partial in-progress downloads and your Incoming directory.  Anything else is up to you."

however i cant see the files i share in the file sharing window even i clicked refresh button...

emotional bear

When you say 'file sharing window', what are you referring to? Are you on Mac OS X or Windows? In Mac OS X,  the file cabinet that Ken refers to in the post before yours always appears int he aMule 2.2.2 window as the 5th icon from the left at the top of the window.

[emotionalbear]

ngllgn ,

yes im on mac osx 10.4.11 with aMule 2.2.2, i had similar problems with Ken's when i first installed aMule
firstly i want to ask if below screenshots show correct file sharing? (i want to share my iTunes Music folder and New Music folder only...)

and yes, from left to right/top 5th button; the blue cabinet icon (Shared Files) shows only the files in download or in progress, not the directories i shared... (iTunes Music and New music folders)

[ngllgn]

The two screen captures you attach, taken from aMule/Preferences/Directories do appear to show the files you are sharing. I imagine, but may need correcting, that only the items that appear in bold are shared.

Nonetheless your original question referred to shared files. It is these that appear when the blue cabinet box icon called 'Shared Files' is clciked. And you are right that these files may be in one of two major directories, either  in a temporary place, if their download is incomplete, or in a different place if their download has completed. Obviously you can specifiy where those places ie folders or directories are stored.

[Kry]

When you want to share a folder and its subfolders, use right click to share that folder recursively. Right now you're sharing folders that are more likely empty, because the subfolders are not being shared.

[ngllgn]

kry

i'm not sure what recursvie sharing means. Please could you clarify. Thanks.

[kreegee]

recursive sharing means to not only sharing files in a folder, but also its subfolders (and their files), and its subfolders subfolders files.

[ngllgn]

thanks kreegee

[emotionalbear]

ngllgn & kreegee,

ok, but when i right-click to do the recursive share; the application freeze and the colored ball appears instead of the mouse arrow...