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On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:04:58 -0700, Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> said: > Ross Biro wrote: >> How is directories as files logically any different than putting all >> data into .data files and making all files directories (yes you would >> need some sort of special handling for files that were really called >> .data). > Add to this that you make .data the default if the file within the > directory is not specified, It's sort of like the way web servers handle index.html, for those who think it's a stupid idea. (Of course, some people may still think it's a stupid idea... ;-) ) > and define a stanadard set of names for metafiles, and you've got the > essential idea, and any differences are details. -- Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred. - 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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