> >> to "create" would be POST with a metadata payload on a > >> "subdirectory" URI. But of course, it is not a create at all. > > > > i'm not sure what fine hair you're trying to split. why can't the > > post contain the same information a create would? > > > If "hair splitting" is the answer to the original question -- that's > completely fine. In fact, I was looking for that to be an answer. > It's just that everytime I see something being explicitly forbidden > in 9P spec there's usually a pretty good reason for that.
i wasn't clear. why can't you gather up the data from the post and do a create rather than a write to the directory? - erik
