Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:53:39 -0500 From: Lou Kamenov <loukamenov@gmail.com> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, richard.kaestner@ycn.com Subject: Re: mapping [process|socket|...] to Filesystem Message-ID: <76f962c60601041453n1d195cd6s@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200601041420.k04EK049049833@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <freebsd-fs.200601031949.22484.richard.kaestner@ycn.com> <200601041420.k04EK049049833@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On 04/01/06, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> wrote: [..] > It would be much easier to use HTTP instead of (ab)using > file system operations. Just install an Apache web server > on your server machine and write a small CGI. The Windows > clients can simply use a web browser to upload their data > to your CGI. Then your CGI does whatever is necessary to > communicate with your black box, and sends the result back > to the client's web browser. representing different resources as files is not a new concept.. but rather an old one. look at plan 9. what Richard wants can be easily done with FUSE which was recently ported to FreeBSD by Csaba Henk [1]. best, l 1. http://fuse4bsd.creo.hu/
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