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From: "Matt" <matt@proweb.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] logging file changes
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:46:10 +0100
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>  A simple single-threaded
> ``get an SMB request, do some 9P requests, answer the
> SMB request; repeat'' server would be a great start.
it would indeed, presenting the plan9 FS to windows would be a useful thing.
and would probably aid migration

getting the backup features should be enough encouragement

> I've got some ideas about turning something like
> that into a multithreaded (many pending requests)
> service fairly transparently.  This may be more work
> than you were bargaining for.
Well I've never been shy of it but I can sense that I'd have a lot to learn
but I'd love to be involved.

Got any paid for places for a limey intern or whatever :-) I'd gladly give
up my job

 > U9fs goes the wrong way: it is for Plan 9 boxes to
> mount the namespace on a Unix box, not the other
> way 'round.

Yeah I think i misread the u9fs bit and skipped the bit that said that there
is an NFS server in plan9 for that.

The reason Linux would be involved is that the files to be monitored would
mostly be html, perl, php (ugh), asp (ugh ugh) and the gifs, jpgs & psds we
make. We need to have Apache and IIS be able to get to them. Not for serving
live sites (I think) but for our project managment and QA system (which it
looks like I'm going to be designing).

Mind you we discovered today that SAMBA has a "magic script" feature that
will run a shell script for each file access.

I'm determined to get a plan9 box in the room somewhere  (that's hopefully
where my new laptop will come in) so I can demonstrate it's awesome power
:-)

Matt