Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Mar 1999 18:15:41 -0800 | From | Steven Roberts <> | Subject | Re: multiply files in one (was GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman) |
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"Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" wrote: > Steven Roberts writes: > | Of course, I'm thinking a userfs solution would work here. > Why? Methinks a library would suffice, especially for trivial archive > formats (ar comes to mind). There's no need for special kernel involvement, > except perhaps to make it transparent --- and a stdio extension to allow > transparent redirection of I/O for specially-configured (FILE)s would solve > that one just as well.
It's the transparent issue. But as Alan mentioned, the psuedo-nfs has been done, and people are looking into using the CODA hooks to do it.
A special stdio hook would work, but then you have to change a lot of code (or at least recompile/relink.
Steve
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