FUSE and LUFS

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FUSE and LUFS

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Which are the benefits of projects like FUSE and LUFS?
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Re: FUSE and LUFS

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you can write filesystem drivers easily and more efficiently because your entire computer will not crash just because you forgot to initialize a variable. With userspace file systems, file systems are programs and therefore, programs can crash without affecting the system. Also, you can use a regular debugger like gdb to fix the problems.
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iammisc wrote:you can write filesystem drivers easily and more efficiently because your entire computer will not crash just because you forgot to initialize a variable. With userspace file systems, file systems are programs and therefore, programs can crash without affecting the system. Also, you can use a regular debugger like gdb to fix the problems.
Is this the only advantage?
And aren't there any disadvantages?
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Is this a school/university assignment question?

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AJ wrote:Is this a school/university assignment question?

First Google Hit for 'FUSE LUFS'.
No.

However in the FAQ there isn't the reply to my question.
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Hi,

A google for 'benefits of FUSE file system'. Before this thread came up, I didn't know what FUSE was. Now I feel I know quite a bit about its pros/cons from 10 minutes of Googling. Please do the same.

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And aren't there any disadvantages?
AFAIK, if too much current comes through FUSE, you need to replace it with another one, or use a circuit breaker, which is more modern. ;)

Seriously now, a filesystem in userspace? :| Not my type.
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inflater wrote:Seriously now, a filesystem in userspace? :| Not my type.
It's just a layer that lets other implement filesystems in userspace. Read/Write NTFS support on Mac is provided through a user-space filesystem module which sits on top of FUSE.
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