Re: [Owfs-developers] Reading 1wire dataevery minutewith anNSLU2(SLUG)

[Paul A. <pau...@gm...>]

On 3/14/07, Rob Conway <rjc...@bi...> wrote:
>
>  owfs/fuse worked ok if you only have one script collecting data
>
> I am now confused on when someone would use owfs/fuse?... now that you
> have pointed me to owshell functionality.  Does the same thing without
> having to rely on fuse
>
> rob
>

FUSE advantages:
1. No need to run owserver (if no other processes need access).
2. All languages can do file access -- owshell requires spawning a new
process.
3. Easier to use tar, gzip and tools like that.
4. Directory traversals, file lists, etc are more natural than the string
prcfessing needed with owshell -- especially helpful when the 1-wire layout
isn't known beforehand.

OWSHELL advantages:
1. No need for FUSE, it's kernel module, or library.
2. No need for a mount point, and no permissions issues.
3. Runs on all platforms. (Probably anything that has a tcp stack).
4. Completely public domain (not GPL).
5. Very small binary

Paul Alfille