On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:11:24 +0100
Kris Leech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I have done something similar in windowze and delphi...
> >
> >> which accept a path/filename to use the files in the VFS, for
> >> example loading a DLL.
> >
> >
> > I have a suggestion, but first I need to know.
> >
> > How do you regularly access (open, read, write) O.S. files ?
> >
> > As streams (MyStream.Open, MyStream.Close) ?
> >
> > As File pointers (FileAssign, Reset, Rewrite) ?
>
> There is no specific amount of times I use any other of these, it
> needs to be kind of generic, like a normal file system. What I'm
> trying to do is create something for FPC/Lazarus which is similar to
> a SFS (Single File System) so all files are stored as a byte stream
> in a single file. But the files can be accessed as normal by standard
> pascal calls. I can easily get the files out the single file as a
> byte stream but it is then how to use that byte stream with other
> functions etc. that do not take TStream as input.
>
> Any ideas you have or have previously implimented would be great to
> hear.
>
> I know of one option but it is very difficult and that is to write a
> driver for Win32 and Linux to allow proper OS access to the SFS...
> Then they would work like native files.
Why not simply use a ramdisk?
Mattias
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