> On May 3, 2015 at 3:09 PM Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: > > On Sun, May 03, 2015 at 06:37:06PM +0200, Joerg Reisenweber wrote: > > > Even in your dream distro without any path, don't tell me you won't *have* > > *to* come up with another concept for attaching meta info alternative to > > path > > names, and then you need to update that instead of "moving files" > > Taken to an extreme, that might even be a useful way of running a > computer -- files are identified *only* by metadata. Has anyone ever > tried something like this?
The BeOS file system used a database-centric approach that might qualify. Here's a starting point if you are interested in learning more about it: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/06/02/the-beos-filesystem/ Peter Olson _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
