From: Greg Millam <ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2005-09-19T20:42:19+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] FuseFS-0.1

Whoops! I've made a mistake in the packaging. As a result, I've fixed 
it, and releasing it as another version: FuseFS-0.2 (less than 2 hours 
later ... Yow! But don't worry, it wasn't a serious mistake, it would 
just call root.remove rather than root.delete as it should have, which 
was a minor API change I made for the release. )

   http://walker.deafcode.com/code/fusefs-0.2.tar.gz

Also included with this version is sample/yamlfs.rb - You can define a 
filesystem in a YAML file of Hashes and Strings! Editable, too. (dirs == 
hashes, files == strings)

- Greg

Greg Millam wrote:
> Howdy -
> 
>   FuseFS lets ruby programmers define filesystems entirely in Ruby. That 
> is - with FuseFS, you can now create a virtual filesystem out of ruby 
> objects, SQL databases, anything!
> 
>   FUSE is a Linux kernel module + library that permits programmers to do 
> this without directly implementing anything in the kernel. (FUSE is what 
> permits SSHFS and GMailFS in Python - Surely we can do better!)
> 
>   Sample proof-of-concept virtual filesystems include:
> 
>     "dictfs": The entire contents of dict.org's definitions are 
> available at your fingertips! Mount it on a directory and "cat 
> mountpoint/hacker" to see definitions from the Jargon file, Webster's 
> dictionary, Free online computing dictionary, and more! (requires 
> ruby-dict)
> 
>     "sqlfs": browse your databases rows and columns as 
> mountpoint/tablename/<primary key>/field ! With full read-write support, 
> you can edit your table entries in your favorite editor! (requires 
> ruby-mysql)
> 
> Have I got your "oh the possibilities" creative juices flowing yet? Well 
> it's here and ready for the taking:
> 
>   http://walker.deafcode.com/code/fusefs-0.1.tar.gz
> 
> You will need:
> 
>   * Linux with a 2.6 kernel
>   * FUSE. On gentoo, this is as simple as: "emerge sys-fs/fuse"
> 
> You can read: README.txt and API.txt for how to quickly get set up.
> 
> Do note: This is a very preliminary version, and only something I've 
> been hacking on a few hours a day since Wednesday. If you spot a bug, 
> have a suggestion for a change, or want something with it, just email me 
> - I'm open to suggestions, and I'm not locking its API down anytime soon.
> 
> - Greg Millam
>