Re: need filetype field in directory entries

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl)
Mon, 5 Oct 1998 21:46:15 +0200 (CEST)


On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, PILCH Hartmut wrote:

> $ chft latex_sjis myfile.tex
> $ chft -R latex2e_class $TEXMF/tex/latex/base
>
> This would allow getting rid of the unstable file(1) mechanism.

A noble thought, maybe even worth pursuing. If someone
feels like starting a flamewar over this, please remove
me from the CC:...

> At first sight this may look like a proposal to bloat the Unix file
> system. But the filetype info really belongs into each directory
> entry, because

Nope. If you want a scheme like this, implement it in the
INODE. Directory entries are meant for something entirely
else...

Rik.
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