Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:05:35 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 |
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Rik van Riel wrote: > > Thing is, there is no way to distinguish between what are > virtual files and what are actual streams hidden inside a > file. You don't know what should and shouldn't be backed > up...
I think that lack of distinguishing poiwer is more serious for directories. The more I think I think about it, the more I wonder whether Solaris did things right - having a special operation to "cross the boundary".
I suspect Solaris did it that way because it's a hell of a lot easier to do it like that, but regardless, it would solve the issue of real directories having both real children _and_ the "extra streams".
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