The Plastic File System 1.11

plastic, adj. Capable of being shaped or formed, malleable.

The Plastic File System is an LD_PRELOAD module for manipulating what the file system looks like for programs. This allows virtual file systems to exist in user space, without kernel hacks or modules.

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PlasticFS includes the following file systems:

chroot
The chroot filter may be used to simulate the effects of the chroot(2) system call, in combination with other filters.
dos
The dos filter may be used to simulate an 8.3 DOS file system.
log
The log filter may be used to transparently log file system access, similar to the strace(1) command.
shortname
The shortname filter may be used to simulate file systems with shorter filenames.
smartlink
The smartlink filter may be used to expand environment variables in symbolic links, using the usual $name notation.
upcase, downcase, titlecase and nocase
The upcase filter to make file names appear to be in upper-case when listed. File names are case- insensitive when being opened, etc. The downcase filter is similar, except it converts to lower-case, titlecase capitalizes, and nocase is simply case insensitive without altering the filenames.
viewpath
The viewpath filter may be used to make a set of directory trees look like a single directory tree. (Also known as a union file system.) All modifications take place in the first directory in the list.
Aka: union and translucent
Note:
Filters may be piped from one to the next, forming powerful combinations.

PlasticFS is currently dependent on the implementation of the GNU C Library. It is self configuring using a GNU Autoconf generated configure script.

Files for Download


File Name Description
plasticfs-1.11.README The README file from the tar distribution.
plasticfs-1.11.lsm Brief description in LSM format.
plasticfs-1.11.spec RedHat package manager specification file (RPM)
plasticfs-1.11.tar.gz The complete source.
plasticfs-1.11.pdf The Plastic File System Reference Manual, in Adobe Acrobat format.
plasticfs-1.11-1.i386.rpm Pre- build Linux executables.
ChangeLog The change log for the project.
plasticfs-1.11.ae The complete source, in aedist format.
PlasticFS is written and owned by Peter Miller and is freely distributable under the terms and conditions of the GNU GPL.

PlasticFS is developed using Aegis, a transaction based software configuration management package.

There is more Software by Peter Miller at his home page.

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