Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 12 Aug 1997 18:37:12 -0400 (EDT) | From | linux kernel account <> | Subject | Re: patch for fs/dcache race |
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On Tue, 12 Aug 1997 kwrohrer@enteract.com wrote:
> And lo, Colin Plumb saith unto me: > > > [2.1.49] displays a "(deleted)" after the filename if the file is deleted > > I was thinking that there are two ambiguities in there: > > First, what if a directory is deleted, not the file. > > Second, do you want the name to be uniquely parseable? > > /foo//bar//baz > This is legal syntax for /foo/bar/baz, as is /foo///////////bar/baz. > > Maybe if the deleted parts blinked? > > Keith (grinning, ducking, running...) >
Legal syntax would be good here. It should be legal, it should not however usually occur.. When does the kernel report names like /foo/bar//baz? If it doesn't then that would be an acceptiable way of marking them.. And if you modified ls then you could even make them blink.. (or have the word (deleted) appear..)..
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