Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC] File flags handling - proposal for API. | Date | Mon, 5 Jul 1999 18:10:31 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> The problem is one of transparency. If a "compound document" is > implement as a directory it isn't possible to simply FTP it around & > attach it to emails without either
I can't believe Im hearing this. If a tar file turns up I have an industry standard POSIX specified proceedure for handling it across arbitary platforms. If some random linux compound file turns up on a VMS box Im screwed.
> pretty inconvenient. I can pass a Word file around easily -- passing > around our free-software documents ought to be just as convenient.
So use flat files like normal people.
Alan
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