Re: networked file system

2001-04-25 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > Suppose that an entry on any filesystem could be replaced by a symlink > which pointed to a URL, and that an appropriate handler was dispatched > for that URL. This would allow, for example, config files to point to > a different machine. > > Right now we can accomplish this by mounting a

Re: networked file system

2001-04-20 Thread Matthew Jacob
Something like this was presented at OSDI, uh, year before last.. you might check the Usenix webpage about this. On 20 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Suppose that an entry on any filesystem could be replaced by a symlink > which pointed to a URL, and that an appropriate handler was dispat

networked file system

2001-04-20 Thread nbecker
Suppose that an entry on any filesystem could be replaced by a symlink which pointed to a URL, and that an appropriate handler was dispatched for that URL. This would allow, for example, config files to point to a different machine. Right now we can accomplish this by mounting alternative file s