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diff --git a/hurd/translator/httpfs.mdwn b/hurd/translator/httpfs.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dc4a62f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/translator/httpfs.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +`httpfs` is a virtual filesystem allowing you to access web pages and files. + + +# Source + +<http://www.nongnu.org/hurdextras/#httpfs> + + +# Documentation + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-09-03 + +[[!tag open_issue_documentation]] + + <congzhang> hi, why I can't cd to /http:/richtlijn.be/~larstiq/hurd/ to do + <congzhang> grep? + <pinotree> this is not ftp + <congzhang> it works for other file + <pinotree> ? + <congzhang> I can't cd to ~larstiq, I don't know why + <pinotree> http is not a filesystem protocol + <pinotree> while httpfs could try in representing it as such, it is not + something reliable + <congzhang> ok, it's not reliable + <congzhang> I expect it can expose dir like browser + <congzhang> so, the translator just know href from home page, and one by + one + <pinotree> uh? + <congzhang> if ...:80/a/b/c.png exits, but not has a href in homepage, so I + can't cd to a, right? + <pinotree> you are looking things from the wrong point of view + <pinotree> a web server can do anything with URLs, including redirecting, + URL rewriting and whatever else + <congzhang> so, how to understand httpfs's idea? + <congzhang> how httpfs list dir? + <pinotree> check its code + <congzhang> en, no need it's not reliable + <congzhang> it's not work, it's enough + <congzhang> I have an idea, for the file system, we explore dir level by + level, but for http, we change full path one + <congzhang> once time + <congzhang> maybe can allow user to cd any directory, and just mark as some + special color to make user know the translator was not sure, file exist + or not + <congzhang> once the file exits, mark all the parent directory as normal + color? + <rekado> congzhang: you can find more info about httpfs here: + http://nongnu.org/hurdextras/ + <pinotree> congzhang: you're still looking at http from the wrong point of + view + <pinotree> there are no directories nor files + <pinotree> you start a request for a URL, and you get some content back (in + case there's no error) + <congzhang> you mean httpfs just for kidding? + <pinotree> that the content is a web page listing a directory on the + filesystem of the web server machine, or a file sent back via the + connection, or a complex web page, it's the same + <rekado> congzhang: you can only get a list of files if the web server + responds with an index of files + <pinotree> "files" + <rekado> The readme explains how httpfs does its thing: + http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/*checkout*/httpfs/README?root=hurdextras + <congzhang> if I can't cd to /http:/host/a/b how to get + /http:/host/a/b/c.html, even the file exist? + <pinotree> you don't cd in http + <pinotree> cd is for changing directory, which does not apply to a protocol + like http which is not fs-oriented + <congzhang> yes, I agree with you, http was not fs-oriented + <congzhang> so httpfs was not so useful + <rekado> You can access the document directly, though, can't you? + <congzhang> rekado: I try once more + <congzhang> I can't + <congzhang> so, the httpfs need some extend, http protocol was not fs + oriented, so need some extend to make it work with file system + <pinotree> http is not designed for file system usage, so extending it is + useless + <congzhang> or, httpfs was not so useful + <pinotree> there are many other protocols for file systems + <congzhang> I don't think so + <pinotree> i do + <congzhang> if we can't make it more useful, remove it from hurd rep, or + extend it more useful + <congzhang> add some more rule, to make it work with file system + <pinotree> no + <congzhang> some paradox in it + <pinotree> which paradox? + <congzhang> for http vs file system + <pinotree> ??? + <congzhang> tree oriented and star topology oriented? + <pinotree> you don't make any sense |