# Use your gmail account as a Linux FS

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/use-your-gmail-account-as-a-linux-fs/62762>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 31, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/use-your-gmail-account-as-a-linux-fs/62762 "2004-08-31T03:30:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maizoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Maizoon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maizoon)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/use-your-gmail-account-as-a-linux-fs/62762/1 "2004-08-31T03:30:43Z")

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Interesting concept…you can mount your gmail account as a Linux File System.

[http://richard.jones.name/google-hacks/gmail-filesystem/gmail-filesystem.html](http://richard.jones.name/google-hacks/gmail-filesystem/gmail-filesystem.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 11:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/use-your-gmail-account-as-a-linux-fs/62762/2 "2004-08-31T11:27:49Z")

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I’ll have to try that 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/use-your-gmail-account-as-a-linux-fs/62762/3 "2004-09-01T12:54:59Z")

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So, then the Gmail account is like a remote HD?  
i wonder, could this be done in mac os x? I mean, it has a terminal, and all the command line commands, like mv, cp, and all that stuff.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/use-your-gmail-account-as-a-linux-fs/62762/4 "2004-09-01T15:29:39Z")

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No - I mean, in theory you could port it, but not in its current state. It relies on something called AVF ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/avf](http://sourceforge.net/projects/avf)) - and AVF relies on the Linux kernel.