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Re: Proposal: B_ARRIER (addresses wapbl performance?)
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 06:43:44PM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
> > I'd like to propose a new buffer flag, B_ARRIER.
>
> I'd suggest B_BARRIER.
I suppose you're right. :-)
> > "Even experienced UNIX users occasionally enter rm *.* at the UNIX
> > prompt only to realize too late that they have removed the wrong
> > segment of the directory structure." - Microsoft WSS whitepaper
>
> I find that particularly amusing because I can't recall ever running
> "rm *.*" even deliberately; removing everything with a dot in its name
> and nothing else is...not a common operation for me. (Now, if they'd
> said "rm -f *".... :-)
Well, yes. It immediately struck me that way, too. But you're, so far,
the only other person who seems to think so...
Thor
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