From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 11 15:44:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B746A1065679 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:44:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gahr@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cpanel03.rubas-s03.net (cpanel03.rubas-s03.net [195.182.222.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76B428FC0A for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:44:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gahr@FreeBSD.org) Received: from 80-218-191-31.dclient.hispeed.ch ([80.218.191.31] helo=gahrtop.gahr.ch) by cpanel03.rubas-s03.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1KdoLL-0007vv-BD; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:44:27 +0200 Message-ID: <48C93CCD.8070105@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:44:13 +0200 From: Pietro Cerutti Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080807) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jos Chrispijn , User Questions References: <48C933C7.7030807@webrz.net> In-Reply-To: <48C933C7.7030807@webrz.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 OpenPGP: id=9571F78E; url=http://gahr.ch/pgp/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel03.rubas-s03.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - FreeBSD.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: Subject: Re: Symbolic link X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:44:28 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Jos Chrispijn wrote: | I have this application that only works with local filedirectories. | Is it possible to make a symbolic link to a URL (internet location with | the files I want to display/open) so that I can fake location as being | local? No, but you can use FUSE to mount remote filesystem over a number of protocols. Have a look at the ports sysutils/fusefs-* | | Jos - -- Pietro Cerutti gahr@FreeBSD.org PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEAREKAAYFAkjJPMwACgkQwMJqmJVx946rhACg356gkM4VkqpxuKQNMyHdXAVC Q10AoJVHuxCQt6bV3RDXPKhiZGPOqIag =njcv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----