Messages in this thread | | | From | Hans Reiser <> | Date | Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:52:11 +0000 (/etc/localtime) | Subject | Re: If we cannot change file system semantics, we must concede that Bill Gates is right that Linux cannot innovate (was Re: (reiserfs) File systems are semantically impoverished compared) to databases |
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open("/etc/", O_RDONLY) then, I don't get your point.
Hans
Matthew Kirkwood writes: > On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Hans Reiser wrote: > > > > Aha - so Hans want open() to work on directories only when app does > > > open("/etc", O_OPEN_DIRECTORY_AS_FILE) > > > > > > ? That will not break anything, but I doubt it is better than > > > open("/etc#opendirasfile", O_RDONLY) > > > > How about open("/etc/", O_RDWR)? > > > > With the user library translating that to open("/etc/..body", O_RDWR) > > You lose the ability to have these things read only in that case. > > Not ideal... > > Matthew.
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