Re: FS Minifilters to sync with remote server

Yes if you are just talking about some functions a mini-filter may be
enough. Be aware that the kernel may have a lot operations you will find
you should do, and at some point you may discover that a file system with a
mount as a directory would be better. I've been there and wished I could
start over.


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"Holger Grund" <holger.grund@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Don Burn" wrote:

Take a look at the discussion about Feasibility: Virtual drive on this
newgroup. The Eldos stuff may be ok for you, otherwise this is a huge
project.

Thanks Don. I actually that thread, but this seems to be overkill for what
I'm trying to do.

Specifically, I'm perfectly happy with a standard file system if I can
just
hook some of the operations. I'm thinking of something similar to the HSM
scenarios the docs talk about. As I understand a minifilter should be good
enough for that purpose.

Am I missing something obvious here?

Thanks
-hg


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