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SubjectRe: [RFC] File flags handling - proposal for API.
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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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