Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:53:06 -0700 | From | Hans Reiser <> | Subject | Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 |
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Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > >For example, it's likely that most filesystems would _not_ allow linking >of a named stream anywhere else. > Why? It is just a file that inherits its stat data and is referenced by a concatenation method of its parent directory. The link will also inherit its stat data from the original parent directory.
> And you might not be able to change the >permissions or date on the named stream either, since it may or may not >have a separate date/permission thing from the container. > > You should be able to change the permission and data, but when you change it, you change it for the whole container. - 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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