Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC] File flags handling - proposal for API. | Date | Mon, 5 Jul 1999 16:33:22 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Which programs will break if fstat() returns S_ISREG when there's a > default file? (Should be ok -- there's a file there after all).
Much of the stuff that does directory walking.
> Note that flexibility can be retained by opening "albod/" (trailing > slash) to force interpretation as a directory.
Even more flexibility can be obtained by using directories instead of trying reinvent the file system inside itself.
Alan
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