I googled appletalk client linux and found Linux Netatalk-HOWTO: Utilities, which mentions a couple utilities, some of which appear to be ones that are bundled with netatalk, and which look like they’ll do the job you need – though some appear not to be included? I can’t tell, and since I don’t have any use for netatalk and thus won’t install it, I can’t really check. Is that information outdated or does it help?

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