2004-03-10 09:51:58

by Romain Lievin

Subject: Question: user-land filesystem & vfs

Hi,

is there a way to create a file system in user mode (without patching the kernel) ?

I saw that a project called LUFS (Linux User File System) exists at lufs.sf.net but it's not finished. Are there any other ones ?

Thanks, Romain
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2004-03-10 10:06:14

by Markus Klotzbuecher

Subject: Re: Question: user-land filesystem & vfs

On Wednesday 10 March 2004 10:51, Romain Lievin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there a way to create a file system in user mode (without patching the
> kernel) ?

You might want to take a look at PerlFs, that allows you to write a filesystem
in Perl:

http://perlfs.sourceforge.net/

Cheers

Markus

2004-03-10 15:31:51

by Paulo Marques

Subject: Re: Question: user-land filesystem & vfs

Romain Lievin wrote:

> Hi,
>
> is there a way to create a file system in user mode (without patching the kernel) ?
>
> I saw that a project called LUFS (Linux User File System) exists at lufs.sf.net but it's not finished. Are there any other ones ?
>
> Thanks, Romain
>


You can also take a look at FUSE:


http://sourceforge.net/projects/avf

I haven't tried it myself, so I'm just pointing you to it :)

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