Sergey Bugaev <buga...@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 6:50 PM jbra...@dismail.de <jbra...@dismail.de> wrote: >> +- Teach httpfs to check if the computer has an internet connection at >> + startup and during operation. The translator causes 30 second >> + pauses on commands like "ls", when the internet is down. It is >> + probably better to teach libnetfs to test for internet connectivity. > > Why? > > libnetfs, despite its name, has nothing to do with the network. In > fact, it is designed in such a way that is nice for writing > "pseudo-filesystems", but not really suitable for *network* > filesystems. A more appropriate name for libnetfs would be > libpseudofs. It is possible to write network filesystems based on > libnetfs (as httpfs demonstrates), but it's not optimized for that, > and many issues start to pop up once you try to. Some day I will write > a long email detailing why :)
Thanks for the explanation! I'll make some tweaks to this patch and send again. > > Sergey > -- Joshua Branson Sent from the Hurd
