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Steve

Quote:>I read that the loopback device allows you to mount a file as if it were a
>block device as a filesystem. Where can I get some documentation on it's
>use? I've looked in the source tree, the HOWTOs, and searched the LSMs, and
>have found nothing.

Two posibilities come to mind, depending on what you want to do.  The
Midnight Commander (http://stekt.oulu.fi/~jtklehto/mc) has support for using
tar files, ftp and many other things like a file system, through its user
interface.  See the 'Midnight Commander' thread on this group for some info.

Alternatively, you could look at userfs which does all sorts of stuff, but
will need more work to get going.  You can find it on various Linux sites.
It includes file systems for ftp, mail boxes and others and is extensible,
so you can add whatever you like to it.

Cheers,
                Laurie

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:: I read that the loopback device allows you to mount a file as if it were a
:: block device as a filesystem. Where can I get some documentation on it's
:: use? I've looked in the source tree, the HOWTOs, and searched the LSMs, and
:: have found nothing.

Maybe you should call it the loop device, in order to avoid confusion.
Some documentation can be found in Configure.help.
Please note that this device is not quite functional yet -
you'll get a deadlock if you aren't careful.