fsspec / fsspec/filesystem_spec
add dispatch filesystem
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Description
Like open/open_files, which find the file-system of interest and use it with parameters, could implement a generic top-level file-system which finds the correct instance and use it depending on the protocol implicit in the path given. This would become the primary user-facing API.
This can also be the place to implement globs or recursive where multiple files make sense.
Should allow copy/move/(sync?) between file-systems.
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Research direction
Start by reading the existing open and open_files APIs and the filesystem protocol they use. Define how a top-level dispatcher selects a filesystem from a path, then determine how globbing, recursion, and copy or move between filesystems should fit; done requires a settled API and implementation for the supported operations.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100