* networked file system
@ 2001-04-21 2:35 nbecker
2001-04-21 6:15 ` Matthew Jacob
2001-04-22 14:54 ` Pavel Machek
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From: nbecker @ 2001-04-21 2:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Suppose that an entry on any filesystem could be replaced by a symlink
which pointed to a URL, and that an appropriate handler was dispatched
for that URL. This would allow, for example, config files to point to
a different machine.
Right now we can accomplish this by mounting alternative file systems
and symlinking to them, but only if an appropriate file system has
been written.
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* Re: networked file system
2001-04-21 2:35 networked file system nbecker
@ 2001-04-21 6:15 ` Matthew Jacob
2001-04-22 14:54 ` Pavel Machek
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From: Matthew Jacob @ 2001-04-21 6:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: nbecker; +Cc: linux-kernel
Something like this was presented at OSDI, uh, year before last.. you might
check the Usenix webpage about this.
On 20 Apr 2001 nbecker@fred.net wrote:
> Suppose that an entry on any filesystem could be replaced by a symlink
> which pointed to a URL, and that an appropriate handler was dispatched
> for that URL. This would allow, for example, config files to point to
> a different machine.
>
> Right now we can accomplish this by mounting alternative file systems
> and symlinking to them, but only if an appropriate file system has
> been written.
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* Re: networked file system
2001-04-21 2:35 networked file system nbecker
2001-04-21 6:15 ` Matthew Jacob
@ 2001-04-22 14:54 ` Pavel Machek
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Pavel Machek @ 2001-04-22 14:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: nbecker, linux-kernel
Hi!
> Suppose that an entry on any filesystem could be replaced by a symlink
> which pointed to a URL, and that an appropriate handler was dispatched
> for that URL. This would allow, for example, config files to point to
> a different machine.
>
> Right now we can accomplish this by mounting alternative file systems
> and symlinking to them, but only if an appropriate file system has
> been written.
See podfuk, recently moved to uservfs.sourceforge.net.
Pavel
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