[boost] Re: Other filesystem implementations

From: Bohdan (gejrlaug_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-06 12:00:12

"Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:4.3.2.7.2.20030905075447.014a25c8_at_mailhost.esva.net...
> At 03:55 AM 9/5/2003, Jon Kalb wrote:
>
>  >Is anyone working on implementations of the filesystem library for other
>  >(than POSIX or Windows) platforms?
>  >
>  >Specifically, I've been considering working on a Macintosh
> implementation,
>  >but I want to know if anyone else is currently working on it.
>
> I'm not aware of anyone working on a Macintosh implementation.
>
> It would be great if you could contribute one.
>
> Just out of curiosity, how different (from a filesystem standpoint) is the
> modern Mac OS from POSIX? Can you just add a bit to the POSIX
> implementation, or does the Mac really need a completely new
> implementation?
>
> --Beman

... And will it ever be possible to use filesystem for user-defined-filesystems
?
Ex: MS Windows registry, process list, cd images, various archive formats ...

regards,
bohdan