Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:23:36 +0000 | From | Peter Foldiak <> | Subject | Re: creating live virtual files by concatenation |
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Rik van Riel wrote:
>On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Peter Foldiak wrote: > >>sub-file" corresponding to a key-range. Writing a chapter should change the >>book that the chapter is part of. That is what would make it really valuable. >>Of course it would have all sorts of implications (e.g. for metadata for each >>part) that need to be thought about, but it could be done properly, I think. >> >> > >What happens if you read the first 10kB of a file, >and one of the "chapters" behind your read cursor >grows? > >Do you read part of the same data again when you >continue reading? > >Does the read cursor automatically advance? > > You should probably continue where you left off .
>Your idea changes the way userspace expects files >to behave... > > Yes, I know. - 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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