Re: Re(2): NTFS-like streams?

From: Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Date: Sat Aug 12 2000 - 19:45:30 EST


On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, Timothy Knox wrote:

> Somewhere on Shadow Earth, Alexander Viro wrote:
>
> >1001st time: icons are _NOT_ file properties.
> >They depend on user. Get over it, already...
>
> Actually, in (for example) Mac OS, icons *ARE* file properties (if a
> custom icon is assigned to a given filesystem object). "Get with it,
> already..." Icons can also be defaulted by the operating system based on

UI is not OS. Icon is part of UI, permissions are not.

[the rest of comments snipped to avoid inevitable screams from resident]
[Mac-lovers; I know where to find *.advocacy cesspool if I'll need it]

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