Proxy filesystems

Proxy filesystems

[Demi Obenour]

How difficult would it be to create a proxy filesystem ? that is, a
filesystem that is a view of the filesystem?

For instance, opening `/dev/urlfs/home/test/A%20Bcd` would open
`/home/test/A Bcd`.  The purpose would be to handle poorly written tools
(like Autoconf and CMake) that do not handle wierd characters in filenames.
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[Richard Weinberger]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 5:07 AM Demi Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> How difficult would it be to create a proxy filesystem ? that is, a filesystem that is a view of the filesystem?

Using FUSE this is easy.

-- 
Thanks,
//richard

Proxy filesystems

[Demi Obenour]

How difficult would it be in the kernel?

I am not particularly interested in getting this upstreamed, but I do want
to at least try to make a kernel module that does something useful.

On Sat, Aug 11, 2018, 3:11 PM Richard Weinberger <
richard.weinberger@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 5:07 AM Demi Obenour <demiobenour@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > How difficult would it be to create a proxy filesystem ? that is, a
> filesystem that is a view of the filesystem?
>
> Using FUSE this is easy.
>
> --
> Thanks,
> //richard
>
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[Greg KH]

On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 10:31:17PM -0400, Demi Obenour wrote:
> How difficult would it be in the kernel?
> 
> I am not particularly interested in getting this upstreamed, but I do want
> to at least try to make a kernel module that does something useful.

Try it and see!

Proxy filesystems

[Richard Weinberger]

Am Sonntag, 12. August 2018, 04:31:17 CEST schrieb Demi Obenour:
> How difficult would it be in the kernel?

Depends on you want to do.
I suggest digging into overlayfs.

Thanks,
//richard

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[Ruben Safir]

On 08/11/2018 03:11 PM, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> Using FUSE this is easy.

FUSE is not part of the kernel and it is a PIA FWIW.  It goes crazy all
the time.

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[Greg KH]

On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 01:01:59AM -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
> On 08/11/2018 03:11 PM, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> > Using FUSE this is easy.
> 
> FUSE is not part of the kernel and it is a PIA FWIW.  It goes crazy all
> the time.

Not true, a portion is part of the kernel, and you need to be a whole
lot more specific...

greg k-h