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Re:Pingfs: A filesystem where data is stored as ICMP Echo pa... by Annatar on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @02:24AM (#15539641)
Linux is the only intended target OS, portability is not a goal.

Goodbye then.

Re:Pingfs: A filesystem where data is stored as ICMP Echo pa... by chrisper on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @03:09AM (#15539775)
You can fork it and port it to something like dokany to make it work in Windows.
Re:Pingfs: A filesystem where data is stored as ICMP Echo pa... by Const-me on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @06:55AM (#15540665)
Based on Annatar's profile, he'd like it to work on FreeBSD.
Re:Pingfs: A filesystem where data is stored as ICMP Echo pa... by Annatar on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @08:34AM (#15541075)
illumos and it’s the programmer’s “Linux only” attitude which irritates me.
Re:Pingfs: A filesystem where data is stored as ICMP Echo pa... by Sir_Cmpwn on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @09:37AM (#15541391)
I get your sentiment in general but... you're upset because a tool for storing files in IMCP pings isn't available on your OS? Poor you, where else are you going to keep your files!
Re:Pingfs: A filesystem where data is stored as ICMP Echo pa... by Annatar on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @10:20AM (#15541716)
No, I’m irritated because of the programmer’s attitude, which is quite systemic in programming and has been for a while.
Re:Pingfs: A filesystem where data is stored as ICMP Echo pa... by Sir_Cmpwn on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @10:25AM (#15541754)
Well, it's not merited, and you're being rude. I'm saying this as someone who references the POSIX standard several times a week to ensure portability. This kind of tool is a toy project and is by its nature highly dependent on non-portable interfaces.
Re:Pingfs: A filesystem where data is stored as ICMP Echo pa... by Annatar on Thursday October 26, 2017 @02:25AM (#15556819)
If you’re against GNU and Linux like I am then it is very much merited.

I utterly fail to see how being honest and direct by expressing my irritation is rude and am both insulted and appalled by what I perceive to be the Anglo-Saxon definition of rude hoisted upon me. I could just as easily turn this around and say that your lack of consideration for what is a different value system is just as rude. The entire argument around “rudeness” is nonsense, I’m not at all sorry to write.

Re:Pingfs: A filesystem where data is stored as ICMP Echo pa... by Sir_Cmpwn on Thursday October 26, 2017 @09:21AM (#15558539)
Buddy, I hate GNU and Linux as much as you do. More, probably. You and I are on the same side here. You can either continue to attempt to extract yourself from me into a special class of person for which your behavior is supposedly acceptable, or take a good look at yourself and decide to be better in the future.
Re:Pingfs: A filesystem where data is stored as ICMP Echo pa... by Annatar on Friday October 27, 2017 @06:45AM (#15567169)
I’m not doing anything wrong.
Re:Pingfs: A filesystem where data is stored as ICMP Echo pa... by djsumdog on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @09:49AM (#15541470)
wosh