Questions tagged [virtualfilesystem]

Use virtualfilesystem for questions related to APIs which facilitate the creation of data abstractions which behave like real file systems, such as accessing database records as virtual file resources, accessing network files as local files, or accessing compressed files as uncompressed files.

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How to make Python ssl module use data in memory rather than pass file paths?

The full explanation of what I want to do and why would take a while to explain. Basically, I want to use a private SSL connection in a publicly distributed application, and not handout my private ssl keys, because that negates the purpose! I.e. I…
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How to fix Dokan to implement a Virtual Drive?

Dokan currently does not create a virtual hard disk for its filesystem (i.e. in Device manager, you dont see another disk drive). Anyone have any idea on how to start to correct that?
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How to implement a file type based filesystem?

I want to essentially make it so that you never need to unzip/unrar any files. Currently, I have a Dokan filesystem which can do it given a specific zip file but I wanted to know how I can make it apply to all files. Meaning, I want to be able to…
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Delete called twice in Cloud Files API

I am trying to implement a virtual drive using a Cloud Files API. I can not make Delete operation to work. For some reason the CF_CALLBACK_TYPE_NOTIFY_DELETE callback is called twice. I have build two samples in C++ and in C# using two different…
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How to overcome 4Gb limitation on file download in virtual drive based on Cloud Sync Engine?

I am implementing a virtual drive using Cloud Files API and this project. However, the download is stuck on files larger than 4Gb. The progress stops and the TransferDataAsync() is never called again, even though there are more bytes left in the…
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How do I mount a cloud storage provider as a drive?

I am creating a custom cloud storage provider for Windows, based on this repo. I have removed the root node in the Windows file manager as described in this post. Now I need to mount it as a drive. How do I display my custom cloud storage provider…
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A client-side virtual file system for browsers that works with chunking

I am trying to port some part of a desktop application to be able to run in the browser (client-side). I need a sort of virtual file system, in which I can read and write files (binary data). From what I gather, one of the only options that works…
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Need encrypted virtual filesystem tool

I am currently working on a project where i need to store few files and folders in encrypted manner. This project will be platform independent and hence will be written in Java. Instead of encrypting individual file and folder, we have been thinking…
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Are device files implemented by the specific file systems or the virtual file system in Linux?

In Tanenbaum's Modern OS book, for Linux file systems, there are two sketches: In both sketches, specific file systems (e.g. ext4 type) ( "File systems" in the first sketch, and "File system 1" in the second sketch) is listed under "Virtual file…
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Custom QFIleSystemModel with QFileDialog

I am currently implementing a project system that uses an archive instead of a directory to hold subfiles. I keep a data structure that holds the project's virtual file system, and write it out as need be. I am now trying to implement the graphical…
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How to load a zip file with pyscript and save into the virtual file system

I am trying to load a zip file and save it in the virtual file system for further processing with pyscript. In this example, I aim to open it and list its content. As far as I got: See the self standing html code below, adapted from tutorials (with…
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How to avoid AutoCAD DWG file being renamed and recreated during save?

I edit DWG files on my virtual drive, created with Cloud Filter API. When I edit DWG file using AutoCAD, the file is being renamed and than recreated. Here is the sequence of operations in file system when I save a file in AutoCAD: I tried several…
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use a virtual file system with Lucene.NET

Is there a way to use a virtual filesystem with Lucene.NET? Based on my (moderate) experience with Lucene, I suspect the answer here is no; but just in case (...) barring that: Or is there an existing Contrib module or add-on for Lucene.NET that…
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How to avoid displaying a storage provider sync root in Windows File Manager root

I am creating a file system using a storage provider and Windows Cloud Files API. I want to avoid displaying a sync root in Windows File Manager: Here the code that I use to register sync root: string path = "C:\\Users\\User1\\DAV\\"; …
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Is PhysicsFS platform-independent?

I'm thinking about using PhysicsFS in my game engine project, but I'd like to first make sure it's entirely platform-independent. That's because I'd like to port my engine to some rather obscure platforms after I'm done with the Windows code (Wii…
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