Re: named streams, extended attributes, and posix

[Daniel Phillips]

Michael Rothwell wrote:
> Unfortunately, unix allows everything but "/" in filenames. This was
> probably a mistake, as it makes it nearly impossible to augment the
> namespace, but it is the reality.

For some reason totally beyond my comprehension // inside a file name is
taken to be the same as /, but if it wasn't it could be the stream
separator.  *sigh*

--
Daniel
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/