Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Implementing Meta File information in Linux | Date | Tue, 1 Sep 1998 15:58:20 +0100 (BST) |
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> If we want to add tagged information to a file, far better to do it via > a dot directory. Keep the problem in user space where it belongs. Any > extra efficiency that the fs has to offer will still be realised by such > a mechanism.
The HFS file system already does this and it works. It can even present a file system with . directories that the appletalk file sharing daemon turns back into resource forks on mac clients
Alan
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