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SubjectRe: file as a directory
Horst von Brand wrote:

>Now think about files with other formats, for instance the (in)famous
>sendmail.cf, or less structured stuff like you find in /etc/init.d/, or
>just Postgres databases (with fun stuff like permissions on records and
>fields)... or just people groping in /etc/passwd wanting to find the whole
>entry (not just one field), or perhaps look at the 15th character of the
>entry for John Doe.
>
>This way lies utter madness (what format description should be applied to
>what file this time around?). Plus shove all this garbage into the kernel?!
>
>

I was suggesting this idea mainly form XML files, where the tags define
the parts clearly.
In addition, I was suggesting that some of the XPath syntax (normally
used for within-XML selection) could be extended above the file level
into the file system.
The problems you mention are all related to non-XML file format issues,
which was only a minor comment in parenthesis in my original mail. I am
happy to do it only for XML to begin with (and if possible later see if
it can be done for SOME non-XML formats). Peter
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