networked file system
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.
Something like this was presented at OSDI, uh, year before last.. you might check the Usenix webpage about this.
Quoted 14 lines · On 20 Apr 2001 [email protected] 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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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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