Rolf Leggewie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Juraj Variny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I think Plasticfs (plasticfs.sourceforge.net) could do it.
> thank you for the excellent pointer. Plasticfs sounds really GREAT. I
> have found another project on freshmeat.net which explicitly claims to
> be able to do this, freshmeat.net/projects/translucency/
>
> About:
> translucency is a loadable kernel module for Linux that virtually merges
> two directories, making it possible to overwrite files on read-only
> media
>
> The problem I see with both is portability. I guess neither of them
> will work on systems other than Linux. Apparently they are both kernel
> patches.
I don't know why you think that plasticfs is a kernel module. The web
page for it clearly states that it is not.
| The Plastic File System is an LD_PRELOAD module for manipulating what
| the file system looks like for programs. This allows virtual file
| systems to exist in user space, without kernel hacks or modules.
There is still a portability problem since it only works on systems
with the GNU C library. If you want to use something like this on
Windows then you are unfortunately out of luck.
It looks like that for Linux users who want to be able to access an
archive of the WWWOFFLE cache and the existing cache at the same time
either of these solutions would work (with plasticfs being simpler).
--
Andrew.
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Andrew M. Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/
WWWOFFLE users page:
http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/wwwoffle/version-2.8/user.html
