Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 18:37:37 +0000 From: Joseph Mallett <jmallett@NewGold.NET> To: Michael Sinz <msinz@wgate.com> Cc: Steve Roome <stephen_roome@yahoo.com>, Keith Stevenson <keith.stevenson@louisville.edu>, Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Should URL's be pervasive. Message-ID: <20010831183737.B21431@NewGold.NET> In-Reply-To: <00000e180511ee07d1@[192.168.1.4]> References: <20010830111018.A97057@ussenterprise.ufp.org> <20010830111708.A20961@osaka.louisville.edu> <20010830232109.A1077@dylan.home> <00000e180511ee07d1@[192.168.1.4]>
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 02:15:09PM -0400, Michael Sinz wrote:
>
> open("nfs://server.name.dom/directory/file.txt")
>
> and have it work. That would be nice. (Replace the above with
> ftp: or http: or whatever other protocol would provide read and/or write
> access.)
>
> Anyway, I don't see it happening quickly but I don't see it as a bad thing
> and I would guess that it will eventually get to that point. (The network
> includes your local machine so why not)
Check out ftpfs in the HURD. That might be a better way to do it.
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