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Re:Why the Windows Registry sucks technically (2010) by samanator on Friday July 29, 2022 @09:17AM (#32276437)
Maybe there isn't a database engine that explicitly supports file system data structures, but you could implement a filesystem in the application layer using SQLite as a storage mechanism.

Here's an example of someone doing that very thing.

https://github.com/guardianproject/libsqlfs

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Re:Why the Windows Registry sucks technically (2010) by tauroid on Friday July 29, 2022 @09:51AM (#32276865)
For those looking for a more up to date alternative, with a non-hardcoded DB file path, try https://github.com/greenbender/sqlfs (not affiliated, just had a look in this area a few weeks ago)
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