Re: reiser4 plugins

[Hubert Chan]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:04:58 -0700, Hans Reiser <reiser@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:

> Ross Biro wrote:
>> How is directories as files logically any different than putting all
>> data into .data files and making all files directories (yes you would
>> need some sort of special handling for files that were really called
>> .data).

> Add to this that you make .data the default if the file within the
> directory is not specified,

It's sort of like the way web servers handle index.html, for those who
think it's a stupid idea.  (Of course, some people may still think it's
a stupid idea... ;-) )

> and define a stanadard set of names for metafiles, and you've got the
> essential idea, and any differences are details.

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