Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 Jul 1999 22:06:15 -0400 | From | Raul Miller <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] File flags handling - proposal for API. |
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Albert D. Cahalan <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> wrote: > He said nothing about internal representation. Don't claim that he > supports either userspace or kernel code. He only said that he did > not want to deal with something directories, which you chopped. ... > "no reason why a user library ... be stupid" > > Adding a second layer of filesystem-like structure is stupid. > Writing code for this in every app is stupid.
What you've described is a case where one ought to use the existing filesystem layer, and wrap it in a library so you don't have to do it in every app.
This is clearly a user/tools issue.
-- Raul
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