On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 12:08:40PM -0700, George Georgalis wrote: > On Mon 07 Jun 2010 at 05:07:43 PM +0200, Kees Nuyt wrote: > > > >That could be implemented as an appication with a set of > >virtual tables, backed by the readdir() and stat() system > >calls. > >I haven't heard of any implementation, although fossil > >http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/doc/tip/www/index.wiki > >has a few routines which might be interesting. > > Interesting approach. I've never heard of virtual tables. > Unfortunately, I don't know anything about the backend of > generating indices or optimizing db queries either. But I > see what you are getting at, maybe I can work it out. > > Fossil, looks interesting too. I'm adding it to my library of > resources on this project.
NetBSD users interested in fossil may be interested to see the following links pertaining to fossil's relationship w/ NetBSD: http://methodlogic.net/BSDFossil.html http://methodlogic.net/FossilDiscussionInNetBSDIRCChannel.html and fossil in pkgsrc @ pkgsrc/devel/fossil > If it's not clear, I want to do development on top of such an > application. The key goal here is to address data sprawl. Duplicate > files on multiple (offline) disks, S3 like resources and no index > for 5 year old (or 1 month) data. I'm looking to index, merge and > purge duplicate data; and be able to opportunistically build indices > and run transactions while media is transiently online. > > So, something that barely works---builds indexes from fs data, > supports rudimentary queries and generates filesystem manipulation > commands is my first goal. I'll use it to discover duplicates and > organize files. I'm sure this project will evolve considerably. > > >I know Microsoft does (or tries to do) something similar, > >perhaps MSDN is of any help? > > The only microsoft system I have is a multimedia player. Not sure > how I could roll their products into my developments.... > > Thanks, > Cheers, > George -- Brad Harder Method Logic Digital Consulting http://methodlogic.net http://twitter.com/bcharder _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
