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Re: Show HN: Bashfs – Run commands as your filesystem

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Post by Dylan16807 »

chmod775 wrote: post #22
Dylan16807 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I appreciate the attempt to help, but I disagree. The README "addresses" a question of "why?". But because that's not a real answer, it's not a valid response to " but really why?"

"Why not?" here is an idiom for "I know it serves little purpose but I did it for the fun of tinkering with stuff."

"Why not?" can mean a lot of different things. That's why it can be helpful to get an actual answer.

Re: Show HN: Bashfs – Run commands as your filesystem

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Post by bdarnell »

Hnrobert42 wrote: post #5

No, but really, why? I am not putting it down. I just don’t understand what is happening exactly, and the why might help.

It's mainly for fun, but to find cases where it might be useful, think about symlinks into this filesystem. `ln -s /bashfs/somescript.sh /etc/hosts` and then your hosts file can be dynamically generated without any changes to programs that read it. It can be a clever way to sneak dynamic behavior into contexts where there would normally just be a static file.

Re: Show HN: Bashfs – Run commands as your filesystem

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Post by PopeDotNinja »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #31
chmod775 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Why not?" here is an idiom for "I know it serves little purpose but I did it for the fun of tinkering with stuff."

"Why not?" can mean a lot of different things. That's why it can be helpful to get an actual answer.

I thing the "Why not?" is another way of saying that you've put more effort into understanding the motivation behind this project than OP did.

Re: Show HN: Bashfs – Run commands as your filesystem

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Post by Dylan16807 »

PopeDotNinja wrote: post #33
Dylan16807 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Why not?" can mean a lot of different things. That's why it can be helpful to get an actual answer.

I thing the "Why not?" is another way of saying that you've put more effort into understanding the motivation behind this project than OP did.

That would be wasted effort, though. Sure, I can come up with a dozen potential reasons. But I want to know the actual reason(s).

Re: Show HN: Bashfs – Run commands as your filesystem

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Post by PopeDotNinja »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #34
PopeDotNinja wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thing the "Why not?" is another way of saying that you've put more effort into understanding the motivation behind this project than OP did.

That would be wasted effort, though. Sure, I can come up with a dozen potential reasons. But I want to know the actual reason(s).

I can't tell if you're trolling. Sometimes I do stuff because "Why not?" sounded like a good idea, and I reckon others do, too. That's all I've got.
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