Contributor - Remote file access

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Contributor - Remote file access

Description

This is the report for the GSOC 2012 on the "Remote file access" project by Rohan Kulkarni.

Adding the possibility to load remote file could be interesting. This could be done using different protocols like HTTP, FTP, etc.

First step

The idea will be to map the CURL (or better if any) library into Scilab. This will allow easy access and management of remote files and data (with options).

Second step

Scilab I/O (fileinfo, fopen, etc) should be extended to manage remote files.

Roadmap

Item	Priority	Estimate	Difficulty	Status
Write tests for the initial functionality	High	5 days	High	In progress
Implement internal data structures	High	4 days	Medium	Reconsidering whether this is needed
Find the best way to implement constants	High	2 days	High	Not started
Implement unit tests for internal data structure	Medium	2 days	Medium	Not Started
Implement wrappers for easy curl interface	High	2 weeks	Medium	Not started
Provide scilab macros that simplify the most common usages of curl easy interface	High	1 week	Medium	Not started
Write help and unit tests for easy interface wrappers and macros	Medium	1 week	Medium	Not started
Improve error reporting, progress bars, etc.	Medium	1 week	Medium	Not started
Study the cURL interface and decide which parts of non-easy interface to port next	High	3 days	High	Not started
Next steps not decided yet

Weekly reports

6th June

Final Report

http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/project/google/gsoc2012/rohank/33002