[Tfug] [tfug] Announcing runfs

[Keith Smith]

Cool & Congrats!!


On 2014-10-27 15:22, Jude Nelson wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> In case anyone's interested, I've created an in-RAM filesystem called
> runfs for storing temporary files (similar to what /run is used
> for).  The key difference is that once the process that creates the
> files dies, runfs automatically removes them.  You don't have to
> worry about old PID files and sockets getting left around.
> 
> The source code is here:  https://github.com/jcnelson/runfs [1]
> 
> It's built with a filesystem SDK I also wrote, called fskit.  It's
> code is here:  https://github.com/jcnelson/fskit [2]
> 
> Building and installing is super-simple:  just make and make install.
> 
> Any/all feedback welcome :)
> 
> -Jude
> 
> PS  This is the first of a few filesystems I intend to create. 
> Another one I'm working on will replace udev, and unlike udev, it will
> filter inodes based on the process that's asking and change their
> permissions.  This will let e.g. the X server access /dev/dri and
> /dev/event/* without root or setuid, and will block all other programs
> from accessing them.
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1] https://github.com/jcnelson/runfs
> [2] https://github.com/jcnelson/fskit
> 
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-- 
Keith Smith