Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4

Rik van Riel
2004-08-26T13:39:35Z

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Spam wrote:

> Yes, JPEG, TIFF and PNG files for example. But, if you modify any of
> these with an application that doesn't support the extensions then
> you will loose them.

OK, so we've got a choice.

Either we will lose the extensions when modifying the file
with an unaware program, or you lose the extensions when
copying (or restoring from backup) using an unaware program.

Personally I'd prefer to keep the file intact when not
modifying it...

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