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GmailFS - The Google File System

Posted by timothy on from the never-meant-to-be dept.

Scott Granneman writes "Looking to use that new Gmail account for something really innovative? How about combining it with a brand new filesystem for Linux? Then GmailFS might be the answer: 'GmailFS provides a mountable Linux filesystem which uses your Gmail account as its storage medium. ... GmailFS supports most file operations such as read, write, open, close, stat, symlink, link, unlink, truncate and rename.'"

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  1. Re:why? by JNighthawk · · Score: 0, Troll

    Do you hear those sirens? Because that is a COP OUT ANSWER!

    Really. I'm curious, because if somebody is doing this, there's something wrong with the Windows and/or Linux filesystems. What's the matter?

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  2. For the spambots: by puddpunk · · Score: 0, Troll

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