Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives

[Helge Hafting]

Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:

> On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 12:02:59 +0200, Spam said:
>
>  
>
> >  The meta-data should be deleted if it the file is copied or moved to
> >  a medium that doesn't support it. However a _warning_ may be shown
> >  to the user if there is risk to loose data.
> >    
>
> OK... I'll bite.  How do you report the warning to the user if you're using
> an unenhanced utility to copy a file to a file system that may be lossy?
>  
Well, _if_ you're using my sort of file-as-dir then you'd expect a
plain "cp" to only copy the file.  You'd use cp -a to copy the
file's subdirectory too.  If you're copying to anther filesystem
that doesn't support file-as-directory then "cp -a" won't be able
to create a directory with the same name as the file, and
will do whatever cp does in such a situation.  I.e. something like
"NAME exists but is not a directory".

Helge Hafting

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