How difficult would it be to create a proxy filesystem — that is, a filesystem that is a view of the filesystem? For instance, opening `/dev/urlfs/home/test/A%20Bcd` would open `/home/test/A Bcd`. The purpose would be to handle poorly written tools (like Autoconf and CMake) that do not handle wierd characters in filenames.
How difficult would it be in the kernel? I am not particularly interested in getting this upstreamed, but I do want to at least try to make a kernel module that does something useful. On Sat, Aug 11, 2018, 3:11 PM Richard Weinberger < richard.weinberger@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 5:07 AM Demi Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com> wrote:
How difficult would it be to create a proxy filesystem — that is, a
filesystem that is a view of the filesystem?
Using FUSE this is easy.
-- Thanks, //richard
On 08/11/2018 03:11 PM, Richard Weinberger wrote:
Using FUSE this is easy.
FUSE is not part of the kernel and it is a PIA FWIW. It goes crazy all the time. -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 01:01:59AM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
On 08/11/2018 03:11 PM, Richard Weinberger wrote:
Using FUSE this is easy.
FUSE is not part of the kernel and it is a PIA FWIW. It goes crazy all the time.
Not true, a portion is part of the kernel, and you need to be a whole lot more specific... greg k-h
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