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From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@innominate.de>
To: Michael Rothwell <rothwell@holly-springs.nc.us>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: named streams, extended attributes, and posix
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:41:51 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A708F8F.17426D2@innominate.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0101182129050.1089-100000@nvws005.nv.london> <004701c081ef$e32dcb90$8501a8c0@gromit>

Michael Rothwell wrote:
> Unfortunately, unix allows everything but "/" in filenames. This was
> probably a mistake, as it makes it nearly impossible to augment the
> namespace, but it is the reality.

For some reason totally beyond my comprehension // inside a file name is
taken to be the same as /, but if it wasn't it could be the stream
separator.  *sigh*

--
Daniel
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-01-25 20:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-01-11 20:00 named streams, extended attributes, and posix Michael Rothwell
2001-01-11 22:22 ` Michael Rothwell
2001-01-12  6:27 ` James H. Cloos Jr.
2001-01-16 15:20   ` Michael Rothwell
2001-01-17  0:28     ` Peter Samuelson
2001-01-17  0:37       ` Mo McKinlay
2001-01-18  1:03         ` Peter Samuelson
2001-01-18 21:30           ` Mo McKinlay
2001-01-19  8:14             ` Michael Rothwell
2001-01-19 14:19               ` Mo McKinlay
2001-01-19 14:39                 ` Michael Rothwell
2001-01-19 14:59                   ` Mo McKinlay
2001-01-19 15:11                     ` Michael Rothwell
2001-01-19 15:20                       ` Mo McKinlay
2001-01-19 15:44                         ` Michael Rothwell
2001-01-19 15:49                           ` Mo McKinlay
2001-01-19 16:04                             ` Michael Rothwell
2001-01-19 16:07                               ` Mo McKinlay
2001-01-19 16:13                                 ` Michael Rothwell
2001-01-19 16:33                                   ` Mo McKinlay
2001-01-29 15:20                                     ` Michael Rothwell
2001-01-29 15:46                                       ` Mo McKinlay
2001-01-21  7:27                               ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-01-22  9:19                                 ` Michael Rothwell
2001-01-25 20:41               ` Daniel Phillips [this message]
2001-01-25 21:07                 ` Thunder from the hill
2001-01-25 23:03                   ` alex
2001-01-17  4:40       ` Michael Rothwell
2001-01-17  2:05         ` Peter Samuelson
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-01-25 23:15 Leif Sawyer
2001-01-26  2:41 ` Steven N. Hirsch

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