Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:59:31 +0000 | From | Peter Foldiak <> | Subject | Re: file as a directory |
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Horst von Brand wrote:
>Now think about files with other formats, for instance the (in)famous >sendmail.cf, or less structured stuff like you find in /etc/init.d/, or >just Postgres databases (with fun stuff like permissions on records and >fields)... or just people groping in /etc/passwd wanting to find the whole >entry (not just one field), or perhaps look at the 15th character of the >entry for John Doe. > >This way lies utter madness (what format description should be applied to >what file this time around?). Plus shove all this garbage into the kernel?! > >
I was suggesting this idea mainly form XML files, where the tags define the parts clearly. In addition, I was suggesting that some of the XPath syntax (normally used for within-XML selection) could be extended above the file level into the file system. The problems you mention are all related to non-XML file format issues, which was only a minor comment in parenthesis in my original mail. I am happy to do it only for XML to begin with (and if possible later see if it can be done for SOME non-XML formats). Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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