Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Nov 2004 12:50:38 +0100 | From | Tomasz Torcz <> | Subject | Re: file as a directory |
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On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 09:16:03AM +0000, Peter Foldiak wrote: > So if you have a file named "/home/peter/book", you should be able to > look at its Introduction as "/home/peter/book/Introduction" or chapter > 3, paragraph 2 as > /home/peter/book/chapter[3]/paragraph[2] > > In this case you could use > /home/peter/book/chapter[3]/paragraph[2] > as a "real" file, read it, even edit it in a text editor. When you later > look at the whole book as /home/peter/book , you should see your > changes.
First, this kind of document storage needs extensive knowledge of assocatied metadata and therefore is insuitable for kernel. It should be done in userspace. Second, it is beeing done in userspace - http://www.gnome.org/~seth/storage/ . No need to reinvent the wheel.
-- Tomasz Torcz RIP is irrevelant. Spoofing is futile. zdzichu@irc.-nie.spam-.pl Your routes will be aggreggated. -- Alex Yuriev
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