Jeff Schwab wrote: > I agree that you & I are probably discussing different things, but I > think this is exactly what the OP was seeking. He said: > > > I'm working on a project to implement a simple cross-platform file > > sharing protocol (using Python) that is similar to HTTP, and I > > have to write a GUI for Windows and Linux. > > Sure sounds like CIFS to me. > > > My question is: How do I implement a virtual partition that acts > > like a real file-system and is compleatly transparent to other > > programs? Should I make a virtual file allocation table for a > > FAT32 partition or simulate an NTFS? Or even further: How do I > > create a junction (or a hard link) to it in "My network places" or > > in "Entire Network"? > > CIFS is the canonical way to make resources show up in Network > Neighborhood. [...]
Hmmm, you have a point. Looks like he has elements of both local file systems and networking protocols. To make his special filesystem transparent to MS-Windows programs is an installable- filesystem problem, which is what I was looking at. -- --Bryan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
