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   Steffo :deadlock_dynamo: (steffo@junimo.party)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 16:49:19 JST Steffo :deadlock_dynamo:

   #Linux: i know pretty well how pseudo-filesystems work, yet they always feel fascinating to use in practice

   “want to configure this kernel feature? just mount a pseudo-filesystem and all options will magically appear as files!”

   woahhhhhhhh

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     @steffo plan9
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     Steffo :deadlock_dynamo: (steffo@junimo.party)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 16:55:56 JST Steffo :deadlock_dynamo:

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     can we get like

     more pseudo-filesystems even for simpler applications?

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     Steffo :deadlock_dynamo: (steffo@junimo.party)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 17:11:36 JST Steffo :deadlock_dynamo:

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     like, a pseudo-filesystem for music!

     drop your music files in this directory, this FUSE will store them once, but read their tags and make them available in multiple organized directories

     /music/by-artist/Somebody/01 - Something.mp3

     but also

     /music/by-album/Somewhere/01 - Something.mp3

     ideally it could be configurable too to allow for custom groupings!

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     MortSinyx (cnx@awkward.place)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 17:30:07 JST MortSinyx

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     @steffo, not to downplay the coolness of pseudo-fs, but for local files it's more efficient to generate hard links ahead of time. On the other hand for operations involving guest devices (e.g. networking), the overhead of, say FUSE, becomes marginal.

     See also Plan 9, I guess.