B. K. Oxley (binkley) wrote:
> I'm thinking of implementing a "memory filesystem" with VFS as a
> demonstration. The demo filesystems for local files and URLs are fine
> and good, but they are not very pedagogic for implementing virtual
> features. For example, they do not do much with attributes. A
> filesystem implementation which stored everything in memory would permit
> demonstration of the full range of features for VFS.
Towards this end, I've started a RamFileName, et al. Looking at my
proposal, I realize that MemoryFS is a lousy name. :-) RamFS is a much
better name: it is more clear (could MemoryFS refer to persistence
instead of computer memory), and matches the names of existing RAM
filesystem (on Linux).
How's this for a scheme?
ram:<path>
Where <path> is a regular Unix-style path and ram:/ refers to the root
set of the RAM filesystem.
Cheers,
--binkley
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