15 September 2006
Free file space in Gmail
Want extra file space on your computer? For Linux users Gmail can be an extra few gigs for files.
GmailFS is a Python based application that in connection with FUSE provides the ability to communicate with Gmail using standard Unix/Linux commands to manipulate and store files.
Anything can be stored with this system, but because there is a possibility that is is unreliable, it's advisable to keep important files on your system and store easily replaced files on the GmailFS.
For information on how this is done, you can buy the O'Reilly book 'Google Hacks' or you can read an excerpt from that book here.
GmailFS is a Python based application that in connection with FUSE provides the ability to communicate with Gmail using standard Unix/Linux commands to manipulate and store files.
Anything can be stored with this system, but because there is a possibility that is is unreliable, it's advisable to keep important files on your system and store easily replaced files on the GmailFS.
For information on how this is done, you can buy the O'Reilly book 'Google Hacks' or you can read an excerpt from that book here.
Labels: gmail, Google, harddrive, linux
