mc/vfs
Norbert Warmuth 42e0c7ef84 We got some complaints about much slower ftpfs in 4.1.36 (ok, maybe a bit
exaggerated because I only saw two complaints). I added the old method
to resolve symlinks and made it the default. When someone complains about
4.5.2 we can change defaults at will ;-).


Mon Nov 23 21:19:43 1998  Norbert Warmuth  <nwarmuth@privat.circular.de>

* vfs/ftpfs.c (resolve_symlink_with_ls_options): that's resolve_symlinks
we used up to release 4.1.35. It uses LIST -lLa to get symlink stats.

(resolve_symlink_without_ls_options): that's resolve_symlinks
we used in release 4.1.36 and 4.5.[01]. It gets symlink stats from the
directory cache fetching directories if necessary. We got some
complaints about slower ftpfs in the above releases. Now this methode
is no longer the default methode to resolve symbolic links. It is still
needed for ftp servers which don't understand the LIST -lLa command.

(resolve_symlink): Dispatch between the two methods to
resolve symlinks.
1998-11-23 21:13:08 +00:00
..
extfs Fix to display files belonging to users with excessively long usernames 1998-11-12 11:32:59 +00:00
samba * samba/configure.in: Require Autoconf 2.52 to make Debian 1997-01-01 01:23:31 +00:00
.cvsignore update .cvsignore 1998-09-25 20:11:21 +00:00
callback.h Fixed number of callbacks, added prototype of function to set 1998-06-08 13:00:29 +00:00
ChangeLog We got some complaints about much slower ftpfs in 4.1.36 (ok, maybe a bit 1998-11-23 21:13:08 +00:00
container.c Make it compile 1998-10-23 20:18:48 +00:00
container.h Initial revision 1998-02-27 04:54:42 +00:00
COPYING.LGPL Changed license to LGPL, added passing of vfs * (acting as self), so 1998-09-27 19:27:58 +00:00
direntry.c Small bugfixes, killing of debuging hacks that escaped me. 1998-11-22 16:17:42 +00:00
extfs.c BIG changes: tar now uses brand-new direntry.c. Hope it does not hurt 1998-10-23 08:26:25 +00:00
extfs.h static's added, do_reget hack removed 1998-10-12 22:07:53 +00:00
fish.c Big merge: fish now uses proper caching, small fixes almost 1998-11-21 19:36:01 +00:00
fish.h Big merge: fish now uses proper caching, small fixes almost 1998-11-21 19:36:01 +00:00
ftpfs.c We got some complaints about much slower ftpfs in 4.1.36 (ok, maybe a bit 1998-11-23 21:13:08 +00:00
ftpfs.h Thu Oct 22 20:41:50 1998 Norbert Warmuth <nwarmuth@privat.circular.de> 1998-10-22 20:17:49 +00:00
local.c static's added, do_reget hack removed 1998-10-12 22:07:53 +00:00
Make-mc.in Small bugfixes, killing of debuging hacks that escaped me. 1998-11-22 16:17:42 +00:00
Makefile.am 1998-10-25 Kjartan Maraas <kmaraas@fib.hl.no> 1998-10-26 00:06:43 +00:00
Makefile.in Big merge: fish now uses proper caching, small fixes almost 1998-11-21 19:36:01 +00:00
mcfs.c Big merge: fish now uses proper caching, small fixes almost 1998-11-21 19:36:01 +00:00
mcfs.h static's added, do_reget hack removed 1998-10-12 22:07:53 +00:00
mcserv.c Integration of Pavel Machek's vfs code split and vfs syntax change. 1998-05-26 00:53:24 +00:00
names.c static's added, do_reget hack removed 1998-10-12 22:07:53 +00:00
names.h Initial revision 1998-02-27 04:54:42 +00:00
README Added readme file 1998-11-16 11:07:56 +00:00
README.fish More makefile fixes -mig 1998-09-25 20:00:42 +00:00
sfs.c Removed debugging messages and fixed Makefile.in. 1998-10-23 10:38:22 +00:00
shared_ftp_fish.c Big merge: fish now uses proper caching, small fixes almost 1998-11-21 19:36:01 +00:00
shared_tar_ext.c BIG changes: tar now uses brand-new direntry.c. Hope it does not hurt 1998-10-23 08:26:25 +00:00
tar.c Big merge: fish now uses proper caching, small fixes almost 1998-11-21 19:36:01 +00:00
tar.h BIG changes: tar now uses brand-new direntry.c. Hope it does not hurt 1998-10-23 08:26:25 +00:00
tcputil.c Changed license to LGPL, added passing of vfs * (acting as self), so 1998-09-27 19:27:58 +00:00
tcputil.h Initial revision 1998-02-27 04:54:42 +00:00
undelfs.c static's added, do_reget hack removed 1998-10-12 22:07:53 +00:00
undelfs.h Initial revision 1998-02-27 04:54:42 +00:00
util-alone.c Increased version number to 4.5.2 1998-10-30 17:45:43 +00:00
util-alone.h Files I had forgotten to add from Pavel's VFS split. 1998-05-26 05:08:10 +00:00
utilvfs.c Small bugfixes, killing of debuging hacks that escaped me. 1998-11-22 16:17:42 +00:00
vfs.c Small bugfixes, killing of debuging hacks that escaped me. 1998-11-22 16:17:42 +00:00
vfs.h Big merge: fish now uses proper caching, small fixes almost 1998-11-21 19:36:01 +00:00
xdirentry.h Big merge: fish now uses proper caching, small fixes almost 1998-11-21 19:36:01 +00:00

Hi!

I'm midnight commander's vfs layer. Before you start hacking me,
please read this file. I'm integral part of midnight commander, but I
try to go out and live my life myself as a shared library, too. That
means that I should try to use as little functions from midnight as
possible (so I'm tiny, nice and people like me), that I should not
pollute namespace by unneccessary symbols (so I do not crash fellow
programs) and that I should have a clean interface between myself and
midnight.

Because I'm rather close to midnight, try to:

* Keep updating ChangeLog file.

* Keep the indentation as the rest of the code. Following could help
you with your friend emacs:

(defun mc-c-mode ()
	"C mode with adjusted defaults for use with the Midnight commander."
	(interactive)
	(c-mode)
	(c-set-style "K&R")
	(setq	c-indent-level 4
		c-continued-statement-offset 4
		c-brace-offset 0
		c-argdecl-indent 4
		c-label-offset -4
		c-brace-imaginary-offset 0
		c-continued-brace-offset 0
		c-tab-always-indent nil
		c-basic-offset 4
		tab-width 8
		comment-column 60))

(setq auto-mode-alist (cons '(".*/mc/.*\\.[ch]$" . mc-c-mode)
                       auto-mode-alist))

And because I'm trying to live life on my own as libvfs.so, try to:

* Make sure all exported symbols are defined in vfs.h and begin with
'vfs_'.

* Do not make any references from midnight into modules like tar. It
would probably pollute namespace and midnight would depend on concrete
configuration of libvfs. mc_setctl() and mc_ctl() are your
friends. (And mine too :-).

							 Pavel Machek
							 pavel@ucw.cz

PS: If you'd like to use my features in whole operating system, you
might want to link me to rpc.nfsd. On
http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/podfuk/podfuk.html you'll find
how to do it.

PPS: I have a friend, shared library called avfs, which is LD_PRELOAD
capable. You can reach her at http://www.inf.bme.hu/~mszeredi/avfs.