--- trunk/README 2004/08/07 19:06:03 9 +++ trunk/README 2004/11/23 11:03:38 42 @@ -1,7 +1,19 @@ -Fuse-DBI version 0.01 -===================== +Fuse::DBI - mount your database as filesystem and use it +======================================================== -Type perldoc Fuse::DBI to get instructions +This module will use Fuse module, part of FUSE (Filesystem in USErspace) +available at http://fuse.sourceforge.net/ to mount your database as file +system. Fuse is currently available only for Linux because it consists of +kernel module and user-land library. + +That will give you possibility to use normal file-system tools (cat, grep, +vi) to manipulate data in database. + +It's actually opposite of Oracle's intention to put everything into +database. + +Type perldoc Fuse::DBI or perldoc examples/webgui.pl to get more +instructions. INSTALLATION @@ -16,7 +28,19 @@ This module requires these other modules and libraries: - FIX + Fuse + DBI + Carp + POSIX + File::Find + +Fuse module comes from CVS version of Fuse. It's important to have fuse +library and perl bindings in sync. In past, it was tested with older +versions of fuse, but no guarantees are made for this to work. + +If you have problem compiling Fuse perl bindings, try to apply patch from +fuse-perl-patch directory. This shouldn't be necessary because current CVS +version of Fuse perl bindings already has this patch applied. COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE @@ -26,4 +50,3 @@ it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.4 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available. -