Re: [RFC] File flags handling - proposal for API.
Raul Miller (moth@magenta.com)
Mon, 5 Jul 1999 22:06:15 -0400
Albert D. Cahalan <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> wrote:
> He said nothing about internal representation. Don't claim that he
> supports either userspace or kernel code. He only said that he did
> not want to deal with something directories, which you chopped.
...
> "no reason why a user library ... be stupid"
>
> Adding a second layer of filesystem-like structure is stupid.
> Writing code for this in every app is stupid.
What you've described is a case where one ought to use the existing
filesystem layer, and wrap it in a library so you don't have to do it
in every app.
This is clearly a user/tools issue.
--
Raul
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