> > what about having the creation time of a file as an Hurd extension, which is > > maintained across copies, like the author? > > It seems far more useful than the author bits.
Why restricting meta data to a fixed set of attributes? I've read about a (user-)extensible meta-data scheme some years ago in a paper. Unfortunately, I didn't copy that or its reference (arghhh) back then, and I can't find it now :( -- Farid Hajji. http://www.farid-hajji.net/address.html _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
