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SubjectRe: Implementing Meta File information in Linux
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> While we wait for the clean solution, can we adopt a convention of naming
> the directory filename.forks, and putting all the subforks in filename.forks?

Appletalk already has a dot file convention used by the netatalk daemons
across many platforms and on HFS too, so that one is covered

> Can we tell the NFS standards body that in two years we want to support files that
> are also directories, and ask them to join us in support for it in two years?

Start with Unix98. S_ISDIR etc dont cover it right now. I still think its
entirely a libc problem. The fact it goes like lightning under reiserfs
is just a nice bit of news on top.


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