directories in mysql db.

[Ulf Bertilsson]

> Hi !
> 
> This mail will consist of one big thought and you fellows will most
> probably laugh and throw empty cokecans in my direction. :)
> 
> Well, here goes nothing...
> 
> I have developed a web-file archive on unix which is used by a lot of
> people. The files in the archive is not stored on the disk as usual,
> instead the filenames and "properties" of the file is saved in a
> mysqltable(really any database, but currently mysql) and on 
> the file is
> saved to disk with a id number as filename. The idnumbered 
> filenames are
> hashed in directory tree, depending on configuration. 
> 
> However, my bold question is! 
> 
> Can I modify samba to get filenames and stuff from a mysqltable upon
> directory listing and when the file is accessed read the data from my
> directory tree?
> 
> I guess this is very possible, the question is if it is A LOT 
> of work or
> just some work. :) Much of it depends on how the functions are
> abstracted within the samba source. 
> 
> I havent looked much at the source in this respect, but maybe someone
> with some feeling for the source could give me some thoughts 
> about this.

I belive, as Greg just stated.
The VFS layer might be the place.

I also think a mini "smbclient" with some of the
functionality I talked about might do the trick.

The Amiga port has an custom wrapper to handle the file IO,
as the Amiga filesystem is somewhat different.

I belive the VMS port might have the same.

Might worth a look.

Cool stuff :)