lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1998]   [Sep]   [1]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: Implementing Meta File information in Linux
On Wed, Sep 02, 1998 at 02:18:33AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:

> Start with Unix98. S_ISDIR etc dont cover it right now. I still
> think its entirely a libc problem. The fact it goes like lightning
> under reiserfs is just a nice bit of news on top.

I think the other thong to consider is ALL THE WORLD IS NOT LINUX.
Not yet anyhow.

A userspace implementation of metadata/whatever that can be exploited
and used by a library linked into GNOME/KDE/mc/whatever would then
also be able to be used under *BSD, Solaris, etc.

As numerous people have pointed out - transparent metadata isn't
going to be recognised by cp, rm, etc. anyhow.



-cw

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:44    [W:0.123 / U:1.184 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site