Re: reiser4 plugins

Hans Reiser
2005-06-30T04:48:09Z

Hubert Chan wrote:

>On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:04:58 -0700, Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> said:
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>>Ross Biro wrote:
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>>>How is directories as files logically any different than putting all
>>>data into .data files and making all files directories (yes you would
>>>need some sort of special handling for files that were really called
>>>.data).
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>>Add to this that you make .data the default if the file within the
>>directory is not specified,
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>It's sort of like the way web servers handle index.html, for those who
>think it's a stupid idea. (Of course, some people may still think it's
>a stupid idea... ;-) )
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Good analogy.

>>and define a stanadard set of names for metafiles, and you've got the
>>essential idea, and any differences are details.
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