From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 15:31:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 15:31:33 -0400 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:529 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 25 May 2002 15:31:33 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: isofs unhide option: troubles with Wine Date: 25 May 2002 12:31:31 -0700 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1022301029.2443.28.camel@jwhiteh> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2002 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: By author: Ruth Ivimey-Cook In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > AFAIK, Windows "hidden" files are supposed to behave much like Unix 'dot' > files (.login, etc), so IMO the kernel should not use the hidden bit at all. > Instead, it should be 'ls' et al that do this. Now, I guess this isn't > particularly practical without changing fileutils and many other things, so I > would suggest that the kernel is changed to pass on, if possible, but > basically ignore the 'hidden' bit. > There really should be some kind of ioctl() or other syscall to get/set the filesystem-specific attributes in cases like FAT (hidden, system, archive) and ISO9660. Trying to graft their meaning onto the Unix system just doesn't make sense. -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt