That's what I imagined. Glad to hear the suggestion and hope we can make it in the future.
Many thanks, :) Keith On Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 1:02:41 AM UTC+8, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > > On Jul 31 2015, Keebs <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 10:38:10 AM UTC-4, Keith Yang wrote: > >> > >> Is there a design spec which may contain data format on S3 and how it’s > >> done on de-duplication and snapshot? I just heard some interests in the > >> implement of using s3ql on Windows. > > > > Why not just set-up a unix virtual machine? That is what I did... > > Well, for once it would be a gigantic waste of resources. > > If you need to access an S3QL file system on windows, my suggestion > would be to write an explorer-like frontend for the API exposed by s3ql. > > Since S3QL is written in Python, most of it should run under Windows > without any changes. You just need to replace the layer that > communicates with FUSE with a layer that presents some interface to the > user. > > I believe that's a lot faster and more efficient than reimplementing the > format from scatrch or running in a VM. > > Best, > -Nikolaus > > -- > GPG encrypted emails preferred. Key id: 0xD113FCAC3C4E599F > Fingerprint: ED31 791B 2C5C 1613 AF38 8B8A D113 FCAC 3C4E 599F > > »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "s3ql" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
