On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 16:57 -0400, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> John,
>
> The key point is assembling files which are presented to the app as
> files, but after requesting them from different sources over the net.
> The data also doesn't have to be in the literal file format that's
> presented to t
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> The key point is assembling files which are presented to the app as
> files, but after requesting them from different sources over the net.
> The data also doesn't have to be in the literal file format that's
> presented to the user.
The FUSE ("filesystem in userspace") library/module is implemented in
many/most *NIX operating systems, and would allow a specific on-the-fly
virtual file access like you describe to be implemented in a popular
programming language (bindings for python, ruby, etc). "Classic" FUSE
examples inc
John,
The key point is assembling files which are presented to the app as
files, but after requesting them from different sources over the net.
The data also doesn't have to be in the literal file format that's
presented to the user.
Suppose I access an overview.ods spreadsheet file on my K
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Rick C. Hodgin writes:
> I had this idea occur to me last week. I am wondering if it already
> exists. If so, can you point me to it?
It looks to me as if you've reinvented the part of a Unix or Linux
kernel that manages file sys
All,
I had this idea occur to me last week. I am wondering if it already
exists. If so, can you point me to it? If not, are there any FLOSS
developers who would be interested in making it happen?
Video explaining InDisk (Indirect Disk):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM56J1QRS-I
GitHub:
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