Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 28 Aug 2004 21:41:29 +0200 | From | Andries Brouwer <> | Subject | Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 |
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On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 12:16:47PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
If I see it correctly, you want to group a file and some ancillary files together.
The Unix way would be to make a directory and put them all there: xterm/xterm xterm/xterm.icon
But you are unsatisfied and want xterm xterm/xterm.icon
As long as we agree that the latter really means the former, there are no problems in finding out what should happen.
The conclusion is, that a directory carries an additional bit that says "if I am opened as a regular file then use the file of the same name inside".
Now there is no attribute space, just a shorthand.
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