Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Aug 1998 00:35:13 +0200 | From | Eivind Eklund <> | Subject | Re: Implementing Meta File information in Linux |
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On Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 09:51:25AM +1200, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > On Tue, Aug 25, 1998 at 01:21:35PM +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote: > > > Space efficiency & clean naming; separation from directories made > > by the user. > > Forks are not cleaner that directories here - only different. > > I don't see any advantage in blah::$DATA over blah/DATA myself.
You are doing a syntax assumption, and seem to be only discussing syntax. I'm talking about a set of semantics - in this case the fact that (a) opening the file will give the normal data fork, and (b) you can't just rename something out of a fork, and (c) you get a clear distinction from user-created directories.
I don't think this overcome the disadvantages of using forks to store critical application data; however, it should be part of the considerations.
Eivind.
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