Re: named streams, extended attributes, and posix

[Michael Rothwell]

Mo McKinlay wrote:
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> Today, Michael Rothwell ([e-mail]) wrote:
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>   > The filesystem, when registering that it supports the "named streams"
>   > namespace, could specify its preferred delimiter to the VFS as well.
>   > Ext4 could use /directory/file/stream, and NTFS could use
>   > /directory/file:stream.
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> Erk - nice from a programming point of view, horrible from a consistency
> one. The nice thing about VFS is that it provides a consistent abstract
> interface - I'd place a small amount of money on the fact that Al Viro
> would probably flame you to high heaven for that last suggestion if he was
> paying much attention to this thread :-)

Oh, undoubtedly.  But NTFS already disallows several characters in valid
filenames. This also violates the "consistent abstract interface." But
it's reality.

-M