Hi, On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 09:16:21AM +0300, Sergiu Ivanov wrote:
> I have finally finished the extension module that allows retrieving > the uptime of the system and the load averages from Python scripts. > The files together with some instructions are located at > http://www.speedyshare.com/473240971.html . Download doesn't work for me. Can you please just send it as an attachement? > I'd like to mention that it took me ~24h (+/- 1h) (work time only) to > finish this task. Before doing it, I spent some time studying > bddebian's dmesgd (~10h). Is such timing okay, or shall I try to work > faster? Hard to tell, but sounds good I would say :-) > I suggest that I try to write a translator that will implement some > basic support for browsing tar files. Note that a readonly tar translator already exists IIRC, probably in hurdextras. > It seems to me that knowing some details about writing translators, I > will be able to work on namespace-based translator selection in a more > efficient way. Indeed, something along the lines is certainly useful to learn about translator programming in general :-) In view of the task you want to work on, it might be even better though to write something directly involving namespace manipulation: For example a translator that reads a list of file names from the underlying node, and creates a virtual directory mirroring the listed files. Or a translator that filters the underlying diretory tree, showing only those files that give a "true" result with the specified filter expression (which can be an arbitrary command to execute). What do you think, do these sound interesting? :-) -antrik-
