Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives

[Helge Hafting]

Horst von Brand wrote:

> Spam <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
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> > Horst von Brand <vonbrand@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
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> > > Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@xxxxxxx> said:
> > >      
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> > > [...]
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> > > > The only new thing needed is the ability for something to be both
> > > > file and directory at the same time.
> > > >        
> > > Then why have files and directories in the first place?
> > >      
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> >  Good point, we don't need them :)
> >    
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> Great. Then everything is a firectory (or dile?). And a firectory points at
> other firectories and contains data. I just don't see how you are supposed
> to distinguish the data from further firectories...
>  
By name.
fopen("somefile", "r");  //opens somefile data
fopen("somefile/substream", "r");  //opens a substream of somefile. 

Helge Hafting
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