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!)
"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:
* 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.
Whoops! I've made a mistake in the packaging. As a result, I've fixed it, and releasing it as another version: FuseFS-0.2 (less than 2 hours later ... Yow! But don't worry, it wasn't a serious mistake, it would just call root.remove rather than root.delete as it should have, which was a minor API change I made for the release. )
Also included with this version is sample/yamlfs.rb - You can define a filesystem in a YAML file of Hashes and Strings! Editable, too. (dirs == hashes, files == strings)
- Greg
Greg Millam wrote:
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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!)
"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:
* 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.
On 9/19/05, Greg Millam <ruby-talk@lethalcode.net> wrote:
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!)
"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:
* 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.
Uhm...whoa. Way too early in the morning for this sort of power and possibility. I'm not on Linux, and I haven't ever said to myself "man, I wish I could do this"...but wow. Crazy cool idea!
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On Sep 19, 2005, at 5:42 AM, Greg Millam wrote:
Also included with this version is sample/yamlfs.rb - You can define a filesystem in a YAML file of Hashes and Strings! Editable, too. (dirs == hashes, files == strings)
Whoops! I've made a mistake in the packaging. As a result, I've fixed it, and releasing it as another version: FuseFS-0.2 (less than 2 hours later ... Yow! But don't worry, it wasn't a serious mistake, it would just call root.remove rather than root.delete as it should have, which was a minor API change I made for the release. )
Also included with this version is sample/yamlfs.rb - You can define a filesystem in a YAML file of Hashes and Strings! Editable, too. (dirs == hashes, files == strings)
- Greg
Greg Millam wrote:
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!)
"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:
* 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.
