Re: dcache questions

Regis Duchesne (hpreg@celine.via.ecp.fr)
30 Dec 1997 16:05:43 +0100

> One can also refer to LongFileName.exe via one of any combination of
> aliased directory names:
> progra~1/GNU Emacs/LongFileName.exe
> Program Files/gnuema~1/longfi~1.exe
>
> This really starts messing with the dcache since there is not a unique
> dentry for any filename or directory.

> Does someone have a suggestion of another way to handle these aliases?
What about always putting short path name in the dcache?
This way, when you have to lookup for a path, you just have to convert
it to its short alias if necessary, and then use the dentry lookup.

Have I missed something?

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