From: Spam <spam@tnonline.net>
To: Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca>
Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: silent semantic changes in reiser4 (brief attempt to document the idea of what reiser4 wants to do with metafiles and why
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:31:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1125457632.20040831223154@tnonline.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874qmjm51g.fsf@uhoreg.ca>
V13>> The only thing that changes (from the userland POV) is the way
V13>> someone can enter the 'metadata directory'. This way you don't have
V13>> to have a special name, just a special function and no existing
V13>> application (like tar) can possibly break because it will not know
V13>> how to enter this 'metadata directory'.
> tar won't be able to backup the metadata. That's the major breakage of
> tar that we're worried about.
However, if we do a "cp fileA fileB" then the metadata and streams
ought to be copied too, even if "cp" does not support them. This is
the real challenge. Backup tools like tar can be patched just like
it has so many times before.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-31 20:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-29 20:21 Hans Reiser
2004-08-31 13:12 ` Pavel Machek
2004-08-31 13:36 ` Christian Mayrhuber
2004-09-07 20:16 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-07 20:59 ` Pavel Machek
2004-09-08 9:14 ` Romano Giannetti
2004-09-07 21:05 ` William Stearns
2004-09-07 22:09 ` Robin Rosenberg
2004-09-09 9:03 ` silent semantic changes in reiser4 (brief attempt to document the idea ofwhat " Theodore Ts'o
2004-09-09 17:23 ` William Lee Irwin III
2004-09-09 18:09 ` Gunnar Ritter
2004-09-09 19:15 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-09 20:45 ` Paul Jakma
2004-09-10 0:57 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-10 1:15 ` Paul Jakma
2004-09-10 5:04 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-10 5:53 ` viro
2004-09-10 6:52 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-10 7:05 ` viro
2004-09-10 7:30 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-10 16:49 ` Lee Revell
2004-09-10 17:23 ` viro
2004-09-10 7:21 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-10 7:33 ` viro
2004-09-10 7:46 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-10 8:18 ` viro
2004-09-10 9:20 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-10 17:48 ` Hans Reiser
2004-09-10 17:07 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-10 13:08 ` Horst von Brand
2004-09-10 3:22 ` Horst von Brand
2004-09-12 20:43 ` Davide Inglima
2004-09-10 9:42 ` Helge Hafting
2004-09-10 17:42 ` Horst von Brand
[not found] ` <20040910201738.GB8698@eskimo.com>
2004-09-14 8:39 ` Helge Hafting
2004-08-31 14:09 ` silent semantic changes in reiser4 (brief attempt to document the idea of what " Mike Waychison
2004-08-31 17:55 ` V13
2004-08-31 18:17 ` Spam
2004-08-31 19:08 ` Tonnerre
2004-08-31 19:38 ` Spam
2004-09-01 3:11 ` Robin Rosenberg
2004-08-31 19:35 ` V13
[not found] ` <874qmjm51g.fsf@uhoreg.ca>
2004-08-31 20:31 ` Spam [this message]
[not found] ` <87vfezkm06.fsf@uhoreg.ca>
2004-08-31 22:15 ` Spam
2004-08-31 19:49 ` Chris Dawes
2004-09-01 6:03 ` Hans Reiser
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