From: ptkwt@...1.aracnet.com (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2003-01-09T05:14:49+09:00
Subject: 'borrow' Tcl's virtual file system

I saw this in an early version of the 'Year in scripting languages' that 
was sent out today and it sounds like a very good idea to me, perhaps we 
should try to 'borrow' it:

"The [Tcl]8.4 release includes a number of significant features, including

   * new Virtual File System (VFS) layer that allows (in principle)
     all desired filesystem activity to be diverted away from the
     native operating system and to something else; drivers exist for
     a number of underlying "access methods", including FTP, HTTP,
     Metakit, WebDAV, etc. "

Seems like something that wouldn't be too difficult to do with a series of 
modules.  Any ideas?

BTW: This is just the sort of 'cross-pollination' that the 'year in 
scripting languages' was intended to facilitate.

Phil

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