in reply to Perl to mount a virtual filesystem on Windows?

The basic idea is to write a script (or app, with the help of Wx::Perl) that, once fired up, registers an additional device drive and enables me to have convenient access to a FTP server via Net::FTP.

Any ideas on how to do that?
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Re^2: Perl to mount a virtual filesystem on Windows?
by CountZero (Bishop) on Dec 13, 2008 at 22:34 UTC
    Net::FTP can speak directly to any FTP-server without you having to register an additional device driver.

    CountZero

    A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

      not exactly referring to my idea...
        The basic idea is to write a script (or app, with the help of Wx::Perl) that, once fired up, registers an additional device drive and enables me to have convenient access to a FTP server via Net::FTP.
        I understood that you want to link to an FTP-server. The customary way to do this is through an FTP-client, such as Net::FTP. Going through a virtual drive to link to the FTP-server (if at all possible) would just complicate things.

        CountZero

        A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James