From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "John D. Heintz" Subject: Re: "Metas" Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 13:15:50 -0500 Message-ID: <4086BA56.7060900@pobox.com> References: <35813986328-BeMail@cr593174-a> <407C1A80.2090207@namesys.com> <4086A487.7050500@pobox.com> <4086A8AA.9020904@namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <4086A8AA.9020904@namesys.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Hans Reiser Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com Yes, exactly. Thanks, John D. Heintz Hans Reiser wrote: > So you want some sort of ....this_name_will_never_collide_with_anything > that is a synonym for metas, so that metas can be renamed? > > I don't think programmers will bother to code for it in their apps. > Otherwise it would be okay with me. > > Hans > > John D. Heintz wrote: > >> How would we look up the current name of the "metas" pseudo directory? >> This affects tools (GUI, scripts) that would need to reliably find the >> "metas" pseudo directory regardless of renames. >> >> If there is a good answer to this question I think I would be >> absolutely happy. >> >> Thanks, >> John D. Heintz >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Hans Reiser [mailto:reiser@namesys.com] >> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 10:18 AM >> >> To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com >> >> Subject: Re: "Metas" >> >> >> >> so if rename works on metas, are you guys happy? that is, if mv >> >> filename/metas filename/... works, are you less worried about the one >> >> in >> >> >> 10 million users who will actually hit the reserved keyword? >> >> >> > > >