mapping [process|socket|...] to Filesystem

[Richard Kästner]

On Wednesday 04 January 2006 15:20, Oliver Fromme wrote:
>
> Richard Kaestner <richard.kaestner at ycn.com> wrote:
>  > the external device is a black box, communicates via ???-HTTP server.
>  >
>  > The idea is:
>  > - a (windows)user copies a file to a directory (say: .../commands/xyz),
>  > - there is a "thing", that maps this file to some activity towards
>  > external box (similar to: procfs_doprocnote )
>  > - as a response, a file appears in another file (.../response/data),
>  >   which can be read from (windows)client ( similar to:
>  > procfs_doproccmdline) - the whole stuff should work diskless
>  > - response data can be from a few bytes up to several megabyte
>  >
>  >
>  > - if I can manage, I could export this filesystem via samba _and_ nfs
>  > ...
>  >
>  > - if it all was only about acces to the black box, it could be done via
>  > HTTP ... unfortunately, I have to deal with windows clients
>
> It would be much easier to use HTTP instead of (ab)using
> file system operations.  Just install an Apache web server
> on your server machine and write a small CGI.  The Windows
> clients can simply use a web browser to upload their data
> to your CGI.  Then your CGI does whatever is necessary to
> communicate with your black box, and sends the result back
> to the client's web browser.
>
> Best regards
>    Oliver

Oliver ,
thank you for the frank words: ...(ab)using... 
(which is definitely not what I want)


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