[Samba] Custom VFS

[ivenhov]

Thanks Michael, great link.
Exactly what I was looking for. Does not answer my JNI question (creating
file system in Java is not that common),
but it's a great starting point.

Daniel

On 24 July 2012 19:51, Michael Wood-8 [via Samba] <
ml-node+s2283325n4634960h22 at n4.nabble.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> On 19 July 2012 11:39, Daniel Iwan <[hidden email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4634960&i=0>>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I would like to  create custom VFS that would redirect all calls to my
> > backend.
> >
> > Few questions:
> >
> > 1) is it possible to use Java with JNI wrapper to communicate with my
> > backend or does it have to be pure C/C++ ?
>
> As far as I know, a Samba VFS must be a shared library.  i.e. a .so
> file, so I don't think Java would work (although I don't know much
> about JNI.)
>
> > 2) are the notifications (file deletion/creation etc.) available in VFS,
> > in
> > other words notifying samba server and applications that directory has
> > changed?
> >
> > 3) are there any examples/tutorials/walkthroughs or up to date
> > documentation for VFS?
>
> Try this:
>
> http://www.samba.org/~sharpe/The-Samba-VFS.pdf
>
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