Subject: Re: CVS commit: src
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
From: Reinoud Zandijk <reinoud@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/29/2005 04:13:38
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On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 06:04:16PM -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> > So they are listable? and a directory then represented like 
> > /path/to/regular/directory/..namedfork/* ?
> 
> No, nor should they be. The file listing is of files, not parts of files. 
> Thus they don't belong. :-)

really?

> > hmmm... openat() could be used for the streamdirs but isnt openat() a 
> > generic relative adressing way?
> > 
> > For the extra time attributes that might be handy i'll think of a 
> > VOP_{GET,SET}TIMES() proposal wich shouldn't be to hard to implement.
> 
> Use VOP_FCNTL(). AFAICT it already does what you need to get a call from 
> userland to the file system.

we could define FCNTL's for that yes... see my other mails to tech-kern for 
the alternatives of using attributes, though FCNTLs for what i had in mind 
on various times would we less intrucive. What are your thoughts about my 
proposals on tech-kern?

Take care,
Reinoud

(signing off for the day...)

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