Re: Implementing Meta File information in Linux
david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
17 Sep 1998 15:49:56 -0700
In article <linux.kernel.19980917123216.48902@cerebro.laendle>,
Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com> wrote:
>On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 12:36:22PM +0200, Olaf Titz wrote:
>> > Eliminate the distinction between directories and files.
>> > Every inode has a data "fork" and a "directory" fork.
>> > You can thereby annotate a directory by writing to the
>
>I don't know why all people here ignore the real problem:
>
>Unix is a MULTIUSER os, and a MULTILINGUAL one, too! All solutions given
>so far simply do not work for even the simplest examples (icons). Icons and
>a vast amount of resource data (like editor cursor position) are
>user-specific, and should therefore stored as that (per user), and not per
>file.
User-specific stuff doesn't go in a resource fork[1]. That way
lies madness.
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david parsons \bi/ [1: even if you run a machine singleuser as root]
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