Re: translators, ext2 and files

2000-07-13 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
> Brent Fulgham writes: BF> Does this mean I can fix the zero-hole bug by saying "XYZZY"? BF> :-) Nope. That particular command just cds to your home directory. ;) -- Gordon Matzigkeit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> //\ I'm a FIG (http://fig.org/) Committed to freedom and diversity \// I use GNU

RE: translators, ext2 and files

2000-07-13 Thread Brent Fulgham
>Be prudent with these translators: you may accidentally > injure people who want their filesystems to be rigidly > tree-structured.(1) > >-- Footnotes -- > >(1) You are lost in a maze of twisty little filesystems, all > alike > Does this mean I can fix the ze

Re: translators, ext2 and files

2000-07-13 Thread Mark Kettenis
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 19:27:55 -0400 From: Olivier Galibert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 01:07:38AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 07:01:28PM -0400, Olivier Galibert wrote: > > Currently the on-disk structures for translators in ext2 allow

Re: translators, ext2 and files

2000-07-13 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 07:27:55PM -0400, Olivier Galibert wrote: > On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 01:07:38AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 07:01:28PM -0400, Olivier Galibert wrote: > > > Currently the on-disk structures for translators in ext2 allow for an > > > inode to be

Re: translators, ext2 and files

2000-07-13 Thread Jeff Bailey
On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 01:07:38AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > Well, I think it is a useful feature and will be used (maybe optionally) in > translators. I have some ideas about it. It's the same in Linux, btw. You > can set mount point on existing directories with real content. Disallowing

Re: translators, ext2 and files

2000-07-13 Thread Olivier Galibert
On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 01:07:38AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 07:01:28PM -0400, Olivier Galibert wrote: > > Currently the on-disk structures for translators in ext2 allow for an > > inode to be both a passive translator and a file (or directory) with > > actual conten

Re: translators, ext2 and files

2000-07-13 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 07:01:28PM -0400, Olivier Galibert wrote: > Currently the on-disk structures for translators in ext2 allow for an > inode to be both a passive translator and a file (or directory) with > actual contents. AFAICT, this capability is not used anywhere for > now. I'm not even

translators, ext2 and files

2000-07-13 Thread Olivier Galibert
Currently the on-disk structures for translators in ext2 allow for an inode to be both a passive translator and a file (or directory) with actual contents. AFAICT, this capability is not used anywhere for now. I'm not even sure it is accessible from the filesystem interface. My question is, do