Mail Archives: opendos/1997/05/06/04:36:32
Once upon a time (on 5 May 97 at 22:51) Mike A. Harris said:
> > 2.4) Suggestion for filesystem that would be able to
> > use other OS's filesystems like the Mac's.
>
> Yes, an IFS (installable filesystem) layer. NOT the same as what
> is allready there, but a NEW layer which provides for services
> that do not currently exist in DOS. The new services won't break
> old programs, and a name mangler (ala mach) will present LFN's
> and mixed case names to legacy apps for back-compatibility.
We could use Linux VFS specs here. They are well thought and shouldn't be
hard to implement on DOS.
> > > 3) Suggestion to asscociate data files with programs
> > (aka Windows)
>
> Yes, 4DOS does this allready. For example:
>
> C:\> SET .WAV=C:\SB16\WPLAY.EXE
> C:\> CATSCRM.WAV
>
> WPLAY V1.00 Press esc to stop playback....
>
> (The above is a simulated example not a screenshot.
>
> IMHO these associations belong in the command interpreter, NOT in
> the filesystem. I can think of countless reasons why they
> shouldn't be in the filesystem, and not a single reason why not
> in the command processor.
I wouldn't use this approach. This allows for one association for a single
extension. Yet I've seen several programs that use .txt extension for totally
different purpose than to store ASCII text. A better way is to use registered
applications tags in the dirent.
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