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DateFri, 27 Aug 2004 11:18:55 +0200 (CEST)
FromGiuliano Pochini <>
SubjectRe: silent semantic changes with reiser4
On 26-Aug-2004 Linus Torvalds wrote:

> I advocated (long ago) something like this for /dev handling, just because
> I think it would make sense to have
>
>       /dev/hda        <- special file
>       /dev/hda/part1  <- partition 1 (aka /dev/hda1)

This breaks the r4 semantics if I understood it correctly. Because
/partN are not simply associated to the file, they are part of the
file. ie. when I modify /dev/hda I also change /dev/hda/partN and
vice-versa. I don't see any pratical problem, though.


> Still, I really do like the idea of merging the notion of file and
> directory into one notion of "container". I absolutely _detest_ files with
> internal structure that tools have to know about (ie I hate seeing all
> those embedded formats that I can't use "grep" on - MIME being one case).
> I'd much rather see a "group of files"  and a "file with a grouping of
> information".

You're actually looking for a database with a legacy fs-like interface :)


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Giuliano.
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