Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Oct 1999 19:19:52 +0200 | From | Jens Benecke <> | Subject | Re: ce wanted: WebFS term project |
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On Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 11:26:45AM -0500, Drew Bernat wrote:
> cd /web/www.cs.wisc.edu/ ; cat index.html > 1) Is this sane?
How do you treat links? Can you do 'cat index.html/file-that-is-linked-from-index.html' ? how do you, then, treat circular links?
The problem here is that HTTP is content-oriented, not file system oriented. Someone has done this for FTP (where it _does_ make sense) already, I'll have to dig out the patch. I think a file system for HTTP is kind of pointless.
Do a 'cache slow media on fast ones' file system instead, that will benefit many people. like "mount server:/home -o cache=/tmp/nfs.cache,40960" :-)
Just my EUR 0.02...
-- _ciao, Jens_______________________________ http://www.pinguin.conetix.de
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