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#! rnews 1981 bsd Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!news.nodak.edu!netnews1.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!uw-beaver!uhog.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!mail2news.alias.net!myriad!mylinuxbox!suck!netcom.com!kalessin From: Adam Megacz <kalessin@netcom.com> Subject: Re: Ideal filesystem Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <3174539E.5A9E65F9@netcom.com> Sender: kalessin@netcom14.netcom.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <4hptj4$cf4@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> <4jpjb6$77c@park.uvsc.edu> <jlemonDpEw1v.4Ez@netcom.com> <4kfoqd$dgs@coyote.Artisoft.COM> <DpvCB7.xn@midway.uchicago.edu> <199604161704.SAA02116@kythera.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 02:12:46 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (X11; I; Linux 1.2.13 i486) Lines: 15 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:21700 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17613 > Which brings me onto the main point I want to throw into the debate: > there seems (to me) to be a lot to be gained by making a distinction > between filesystem _implementation_ and _appearance/interface/API/?_. I don't know. One of the things I *love* about Linux is that I see everything the way it really is -- when I type "ls -a", I see EVERY file in the current directory (assuming I have proper privilages). Under Win95, I get crap about hidden files, locked files, short filenames, nonexsistant device files, etc. Same story in OS/2 (but not quite as bad). I really hate to see Linux move towards this. Also, when I say "see everything the way it really is" I mean that all programs in USER space see things the same way. Sure, the view from KernelSpace may be different, but the view for all UserSpace programs is the same. - Adam