Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Now, where does the first translator save the second passive
> > translator so that it will survive reboots? It doesn't fit in
> > the metadata of the underlying node.
>
> Why should tar worry about
Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> A file system can save only one passive translator for one node;
> this is implicit in the file_set_translator RPC. The original
> file system saves only the passive translator that is closest to
> it; that first translator is then responsible o
Neal H Walfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > When 'tar' saves a translator, it must also save the file or
> > directory underlying the translator, in case the translator wants
> > to access it when run. The underlying node can be opened with
> > O_NOTRANS.
>
> Do not forget, translators mayb
>> > When 'tar' saves a translator, it must also save the file or
>> > directory underlying the translator, in case the translator wants
>> > to access it when run. The underlying node can be opened with
>> > O_NOTRANS.
>>
>> Do not forget, translators maybe stacked.
>
> That's not really releva
Neal H Walfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > When 'tar' saves a translator, it must also save the file or
> > directory underlying the translator, in case the translator wants
> > to access it when run. The underlying node can be opened with
> > O_NOTRANS.
>
> Do not forget, translators mayb
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Keywords: Hurd,tar,passive
>translator,file,format,bits,stat,showtrans,permissions,mode_t,author,ls
> Supersedes: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 12 Sep 2001 19:15:08 +0300
>
> [I already typed this once b
> When 'tar' saves a translator, it must also save the file or
> directory underlying the translator, in case the translator wants
> to access it when run. The underlying node can be opened with
> O_NOTRANS.
Do not forget, translators maybe stacked.
>API: There is S_IPTRANS for mode_t, but
[I already typed this once but lost power before sending. :-(
This time, I ensured auto-save-mode is on.]
Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What does 'ls -l' do? Users will probably want 'tar' to do something similar.
It starts the passive translator and gets the stat data from
that.
> From: Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:57:47 +0200
> We have GNU extensions in the C library to detect them, though (but
> we need _GNU_SOURCE).
No problem; tar turns on _GNU_SOURCE already.
> The default for symlinks is to store them, dereferencing is possible
