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Greg Millam
Howdy -
FuseFS lets ruby programmers define filesystems entirely in Ruby.
That is - with FuseFS, you can now create a virtual filesystem out of
ruby objects, SQL databases, anything!
FUSE is a Linux kernel module + library that permits programmers to
do this without directly implementing anything in the kernel. (FUSE is
what permits SSHFS and GMailFS in Python - Surely we can do better!)
Sample proof-of-concept virtual filesystems include:
"dictfs": The entire contents of dict.org's definitions are
available at your fingertips! Mount it on a directory and "cat
mountpoint/hacker" to see definitions from the Jargon file, Webster's
dictionary, Free online computing dictionary, and more! (requires ruby-dict)
"sqlfs": browse your databases rows and columns as
mountpoint/tablename/<primary key>/field ! With full read-write support,
you can edit your table entries in your favorite editor! (requires
ruby-mysql)
Have I got your "oh the possibilities" creative juices flowing yet? Well
it's here and ready for the taking:
http://walker.deafcode.com/code/fusefs-0.1.tar.gz
You will need:
* Linux with a 2.6 kernel
* FUSE. On gentoo, this is as simple as: "emerge sys-fs/fuse"
You can read: README.txt and API.txt for how to quickly get set up.
Do note: This is a very preliminary version, and only something I've
been hacking on a few hours a day since Wednesday. If you spot a bug,
have a suggestion for a change, or want something with it, just email me
- I'm open to suggestions, and I'm not locking its API down anytime soon.
- Greg Millam
FuseFS lets ruby programmers define filesystems entirely in Ruby.
That is - with FuseFS, you can now create a virtual filesystem out of
ruby objects, SQL databases, anything!
FUSE is a Linux kernel module + library that permits programmers to
do this without directly implementing anything in the kernel. (FUSE is
what permits SSHFS and GMailFS in Python - Surely we can do better!)
Sample proof-of-concept virtual filesystems include:
"dictfs": The entire contents of dict.org's definitions are
available at your fingertips! Mount it on a directory and "cat
mountpoint/hacker" to see definitions from the Jargon file, Webster's
dictionary, Free online computing dictionary, and more! (requires ruby-dict)
"sqlfs": browse your databases rows and columns as
mountpoint/tablename/<primary key>/field ! With full read-write support,
you can edit your table entries in your favorite editor! (requires
ruby-mysql)
Have I got your "oh the possibilities" creative juices flowing yet? Well
it's here and ready for the taking:
http://walker.deafcode.com/code/fusefs-0.1.tar.gz
You will need:
* Linux with a 2.6 kernel
* FUSE. On gentoo, this is as simple as: "emerge sys-fs/fuse"
You can read: README.txt and API.txt for how to quickly get set up.
Do note: This is a very preliminary version, and only something I've
been hacking on a few hours a day since Wednesday. If you spot a bug,
have a suggestion for a change, or want something with it, just email me
- I'm open to suggestions, and I'm not locking its API down anytime soon.
- Greg Millam