Re: Implementing Meta File information in Linux

Jens-Uwe Mager (jum@anubis.han.de)
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 20:18:59 GMT


In article <mng==35FC7461.6D2FAFAA@idiom.com>, Hans Reiser
<reiser@idiom.com> wrote:

> To risk repeating, storing metadata or forks in well named files in
directories would solve the problem.
> It would be cleaner than anything you are suggesting.

If the implementation of directories is efficient enough, this is indeed a
viable option. I suppose that your file system can handle it. With most
file systems I gave experience with, this is not an option.

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Jens-Uwe Mager <pgp-mailto:62CFDB25>

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