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Asked: 2026-05-13T11:39:14+00:00

I would like to expose the settings and statistics of my program in a

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I would like to expose the settings and statistics of my program in a ‘everything is a file’ manner – sort of how /proc/ and /sys/ works.

As an example, imagine for a moment that apache2 had this type of interface. You would then be able to do something like this (hypothetical):

cd /apache2/virtual_hosts
mkdir 172.20.30.50
cd 172.20.30.50
echo '/www/example1' > DocumentRoot
echo 'www.example1.com' > ServerName
echo 1 > control/enabled
cat control/status
   enabled true
   uptime 4080
   hits 0

Now, are there any tutorials or similar on how to do this? I’m mainly looking for techniques for ‘pretending to be a file or dir’. I’m on linux, POSIX or other more portable method would be preferable, but not required.

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  1. Editorial Team

    On Linux, have a look at Fuse: implement a fully functional filesystem in a userspace program.

    • Simple library API
    • Simple installation (no need to patch or recompile the kernel)
    • Secure implementation
    • Userspace – kernel interface is very efficient
    • Usable by non privileged users
    • Runs on Linux kernels 2.4.X and 2.6.X
    • Has proven very stable over time

    Look at compatible platforms here. In terms of tutorial, one of good ones I’ve came across is here.

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