Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:52:21 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Jos Chrispijn <jos@webrz.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Symbolic link Message-ID: <20080911195221.bf57328e.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <48C933C7.7030807@webrz.net> References: <48C933C7.7030807@webrz.net>
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:05:43 +0200, Jos Chrispijn <jos@webrz.net> wrote: > I have this application that only works with local filedirectories. > Is it possible to make a symbolic link to a URL (internet location with > the files I want to display/open) so that I can fake location as being > local? You could create a kind of automated workaound that first downloads the files from a location on the Internet (e. g. with wget or ftp) and then uploads them again if / after they've been changed. As far as I know, there's no way to, say, % ln -s http;//some.kind.of.server.org/home/foo/furz.txt local.txt To mount a distant file system, tools like NFS or fuse can be used. -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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