Re: Custom protocol implementation?
Re: Custom protocol implementation?
- Subject: Re: Custom protocol implementation?
- From: Quinn <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:26:01 +0000
At 9:06 +0100 27/11/07, Dennis Thrysøe wrote:
I'm looking for pointers on where to start for
implementing a custom protocol that can be
mounted as a volume - just like for instance ftp
and smb. I'm not sure if it would be a
block-device level or filesystem level(?).
The examples you quote are both VFS plug-ins [1].
Your starting point for such development should
be DTS Q&A 1242 "Developing for VFS".
<http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1242.html>
You should be aware of the limitations described
in Q&A 1387 "Integrating With The Connect to
Server Dialog".
<http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2004/qa1387.html>
You might also want to look at MacFUSE. It's a
great way to get cool results quickly.
<http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/>
Finally, the best mailing list for file system
development questions is filesystem-dev.
<http://lists.apple.com/filesystem-dev>
Share and Enjoy
--
Quinn "The Eskimo!" <http://www.apple.com/developer/>
Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware
[1] Well, actually, FTP is a loopback NFS mount,
but it /should/ be a VFS plug-in IMHO.
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