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Ask HN: What is the best virtual filesystem library you have used?

3 points by wynand ↗ HN
A recent story (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=741257) mentions that Ruby is ahead of Python in terms of filesystem access. I'd have to agree that Python's file and directory handling could be much better.

Out of all the filesystem libraries (in any language) that you have used, which would you say struck the best balance between ease of use and power? Bonus points if it's a virtual filesystem library.

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ilyak
KIO, of course file:// with zip:// http:// is so good that it's used by Konqueror; imap:// and pop3:// if you want them. fish:// for file transfer over SSH (think scp) smb:/ for windows network browsing.
wynand
KIO is awesome, but I'm looking for something that'll run anywhere, without too many dependencies. If I see something I really like here, I might want to port it to Python at some point.
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