Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 28 Aug 2004 02:53:47 -0700 | From | Hans Reiser <> | Subject | Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 |
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Just have a special name instead of a special boundary, or, better, have a filename/pseudos/backup method that outputs everything needed to backup the object "filename".
Hans
Linus Torvalds wrote:
>On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Rik van Riel wrote: > > >>Thing is, there is no way to distinguish between what are >>virtual files and what are actual streams hidden inside a >>file. You don't know what should and shouldn't be backed >>up... >> >> > >I think that lack of distinguishing poiwer is more serious for >directories. The more I think I think about it, the more I wonder whether >Solaris did things right - having a special operation to "cross the >boundary". > >I suspect Solaris did it that way because it's a hell of a lot easier to >do it like that, but regardless, it would solve the issue of real >directories having both real children _and_ the "extra streams". > > Linus > > > >
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