From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hubert Chan Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 02:32:35 -0400 Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <87wtzejy7w.fsf@uhoreg.ca> References: <200408311931.i7VJV8kt028102@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> <41352279.7020307@slaphack.com> <41356321.4030307@namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, reiserfs-list@namesys.com >>>>> "Linus" == Linus Torvalds writes: [...] Linus> I know, you've ignored the "runat" program (which is just a Linus> wrapper around the openat() system call), but it _has_ been Linus> mentioned several times in this thread. Yes, you'd type a bit Linus> more to do Linus> runat file ls -l Linus> instead of Linus> ls -l file/ And how do I get GIMP (or insert your favourite image editing program here) to edit xterm/icon.png without having to open a new instance of GIMP? runat isn't going to help here. You'll have to modify every editing program if you want that type of functionality. Linus> but at least the openat/runat approach also works for Linus> directories, which does actually make it a lot more _generic_ Linus> than the "show in the regular filespace" approach. No special Linus> cases. Linus> So your comparison isn't valid, because you're ignoring the Linus> people who shout "runat" at you. You've also not ever actually Linus> answered about the problems about directories with attributes. All attributes should be stuffed in a specially-named subdirectory, like Reiser4 puts all metadata in a metas subdirectory. That's one solution. The only trick here is picking a suitable name for the subdirectory that is both user-friendly and highly unlikely to generate clashes. Both of these I've mentioned before in this thread, and nobody has brought up any objections yet. -- 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.