Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4

[Hans Reiser]

Just have a special name instead of a special boundary, or, better, have 
a filename/pseudos/backup method that outputs everything needed to 
backup the object "filename".

Hans

Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Rik van Riel wrote:
>  
>
> > Thing is, there is no way to distinguish between what are
> > virtual files and what are actual streams hidden inside a
> > file.  You don't know what should and shouldn't be backed
> > up...
> >    
>
> I think that lack of distinguishing poiwer is more serious for 
> directories. The more I think I think about it, the more I wonder whether 
> Solaris did things right - having a special operation to "cross the 
> boundary".
>
> I suspect Solaris did it that way because it's a hell of a lot easier to 
> do it like that, but regardless, it would solve the issue of real 
> directories having both real children _and_ the "extra streams".
>
> 		Linus
>
>
>  

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