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Taming Mac OS X File Systems
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:38:02 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Date: January 12, 2007 2:36:33 AM EST To: undisclosed-recipient:; Subject: Taming Mac OS X File Systems Taming Mac OS X File Systems 1/11/2007 11:57:00 AM Posted by Amit Singh, Mac Engineering Manager Google is a fantastic company to work for. I could cite numerous reasons why. Take the concept of "20 percent time." Google engineers are encouraged to spend 20 percent of their time pursuing projects they're passionate about. I started one such exciting project some time back, and I'm pleased to announce that Google is releasing the fruits of this project as an open source contribution to the Macintosh community. That project is MacFUSE, a Mac OS X version of the popular FUSE (File System in User Space) mechanism, which was created for Linux and subsequently ported to FreeBSD. FUSE makes it possible to implement a very functional file system in a normal program rather than requiring a complex addition to the operating system. More importantly, the FUSE API is very easy to program for. The large number of interesting and/or useful FUSE file systems out there is a testament to this. An often-cited example of such a useful file system is sshfs, which until now was not available on Mac OS X. One of the missions of the Google Macintosh team is to contribute to the Mac community and make the Mac OS X experience better for users and developers. We hope that MacFUSE will not only make several existing FUSE file systems readily available to Macintosh users--typically, right out of the box--but will also help Macintosh developers give vent to their creative fervor and come up with innovative products and file systems that we have never seen before. ... http://googlemac.blogspot.com/2007/01/taming-mac-os-x-file-systems.html ------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: Archives: http://archives.listbox.com/247/
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