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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Ideal filesystem
Date: 23 Mar 1996 08:11:04 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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jeremy@suede.sw.oz.au (Jeremy Fitzhardinge) wrote:
] In article <3150DCF5.FB40BBD@netcom.com>,
] Adam Megacz <kalessin@netcom.com> writes:
[ ... ]
] >Nah. Actually I'm considering a previous posting about eliminating the
] >difference between files and directories - and making all files
] >directories that can be read as streams. This kinda fits the UNIX
] >mindset better.
]
] Absolutely. Is there any reason an "EA" can't have "EAs" itself?
] Any reason an "EA" can't be a directory?
shell command hashing requiring massive iteration of each directory
for "binary" or "image" or whatever springs lithely to mind...
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.