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I did one of these a while ago that lets you mount a redis server as a local filesystem: https://github.com/mattsta/redisfuse https://github.com/mattsta/redisfu
by seiji 13y ago
I did one of these a while ago that lets you mount a redis server as a local filesystem: https://github.com/mattsta/redisfuse https://github.com/mattsta/redisfuse
It's a great way to do FS-like things ("edit X in vim", "run aspell across all keys in Y") on very non-file-like objects.
- StavrosK 13y agoOh, wow, that's a fantastic idea! Well done, I will play around with it. I love the idea of exposing disparate datasets as filesystems.
- cdjk 13y agoYou should take a look at Plan 9. Everything is a file, and service are implemented as file servers - including the windowing system (rio). Some of the ideas are available in Plan 9 from User Space.
- StavrosK 13y agoI've seen that, it sounded like a great idea to me when I was looking at it. Too bad Plan 9 never caught on.
- BHSPitMonkey 13y agoI did something similar with a digital repository server software for a conference hackathon. PyFUSE is pretty fun to play with, despite the documentation gotchas and warts. https://gist.github.com/BHSPitMonkey/01cef0d528f374cca8cb#file-fedorafs-md https://gist.github.com/BHSPitMonkey/01cef0d528f374cca8cb#fi...
- stevekemp 13y agoI did the same thing, but I used C. http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/redisfs/ http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/redisfs/