From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hubert Chan Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:05:17 -0400 Sender: news Message-ID: <87fz65wt82.fsf@uhoreg.ca> References: <20040828170515.GB24868@hh.idb.hist.no> <4131074D.7050209@namesys.com> <4131A3B2.30203@namesys.com> <20040829104413.GE871@zip.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>>>> "CaT" == CaT writes: CaT> My apologies if this question has been raised (and answered) CaT> elsewhere. I tried to keep up with the flamefest/discussion but it CaT> wasn't always possible. CaT> How would you do it for directories without making certain names CaT> illegal? ie taking the above you'd do: CaT> cat dirA/metas/permissions > dirB/metas/permissions Yes. Directories are not allowed to contain objects with a filename "metas". The naming of "metas" has been discussed quite a bit on the Reiserfs list, and I don't think there was much consensus that came out of it. Currently for Reiser4, AFAIK, the "metas" name is a compile-time option that you can change by changing a #define, if you're worried about name clashes. -- Hubert Chan - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hubert Chan Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:05:17 -0400 Sender: news Message-ID: <87fz65wt82.fsf@uhoreg.ca> References: <20040828170515.GB24868@hh.idb.hist.no> <4131074D.7050209@namesys.com> <4131A3B2.30203@namesys.com> <20040829104413.GE871@zip.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com To: reiserfs-list@namesys.com List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org >>>>> "CaT" == CaT writes: CaT> My apologies if this question has been raised (and answered) CaT> elsewhere. I tried to keep up with the flamefest/discussion but it CaT> wasn't always possible. CaT> How would you do it for directories without making certain names CaT> illegal? ie taking the above you'd do: CaT> cat dirA/metas/permissions > dirB/metas/permissions Yes. Directories are not allowed to contain objects with a filename "metas". The naming of "metas" has been discussed quite a bit on the Reiserfs list, and I don't think there was much consensus that came out of it. Currently for Reiser4, AFAIK, the "metas" name is a compile-time option that you can change by changing a #define, if you're worried about name clashes. -- Hubert Chan - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.