From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 3 20:49:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from green.homeunix.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6276D16A4CE; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 20:49:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from green.homeunix.org (green@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by green.homeunix.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i543nWEP087789; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 23:49:32 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from green@green.homeunix.org) Received: (from green@localhost) by green.homeunix.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i543nRJE087788; Thu, 3 Jun 2004 23:49:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from green) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 23:49:27 -0400 From: Brian Feldman To: Drew Broadley Message-ID: <20040604034927.GC85865@green.homeunix.org> References: <40BFE7A4.8000902@corrupt.co.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40BFE7A4.8000902@corrupt.co.nz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting an FTP site X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 03:49:33 -0000 On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 03:08:20PM +1200, Drew Broadley wrote: > I was just wondering if there is any feature, patch etc. to allow me to > mount an ftp site to a directory ? > > I don't need to know the pros/cons of this, I just need to know Yes > (where ?) or No. There isn't one because in general it's much easier and less error-prone to do such things completely in userland. The main projects I would check out if you want to be somewhere in the middle of those two are: GnomeVFS (http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gnome-vfs/) kio (from KDE) mozilla -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''''\ <> green@FreeBSD.org \ The Power to Serve! \ Opinions expressed are my own. \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\