Re: networked file system

From: Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Date: Sun Apr 22 2001 - 09:54:11 EST


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 alternative file systems
> and symlinking to them, but only if an appropriate file system has
> been written.

See podfuk, recently moved to uservfs.sourceforge.net.
                                                                Pavel

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