From: "Miquel van Smoorenburg" <miquels@cistron.nl>
Subject: Re: Yet another filesystem - sffs
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:32:47 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <41AC2DBE.1080501@ntlworld.com>,
Bernard Hatt  <bernard.hatt@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>I had an idea for a filesystem as an alternative to using a raw disk
>partition for storing a single (large) data file (eg. a DVD image or a
>database data file), adding the convenience of a file length, permissions
>and a uid/gid.
>
>As I now have some functional code (a 'compile outside the kernel'
>module, only tested against i386/2.6.9) I thought I'd share the sffs
>(single file file-system) code for comments/testing.

I've been using such a filesystem for years, since Linux 2.0 ..
It's at ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/kernel/v2.[0246]/rawfs-*

I use it with the CNFS (Cyclic News File System) storage option
of INN for high-performance usenet news transit systems.

Mike.

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