To: tbird AT caldera DOT com
Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: A few FS notions
Message-ID: <19970501.210827.13863.2.chambersb@juno.com>
References: <9704301546 DOT ZM13817 AT caldera DOT com> 
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From: chambersb AT juno DOT com (Benjamin D Chambers)
Date: Fri, 02 May 1997 00:01:39 EDT
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On Thu, 1 May 1997 11:29:21 -0600 "Tim Bird" <tbird AT caldera DOT com> writes:
>Benjamin D Chambers wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 30 Apr 1997 15:46:13 -0600 "Tim Bird" <tbird AT caldera DOT com> 
>writes:
>> Okay, so what you are suggesting is that directory entries contain 
>the
>> following things for files:
>
>Yes (kind of).  Logically these attributes would be associated with a 
>file
>(as if they came from the directory entry).  Physically, I would store
>them not in the dir entry but in a separate data file in the file 
>system.
>Note that this would require a new file scanning call in the OS, to
>retrieve a reference to this other file (and/or a call to get an 
>attribute
>value by name).

Hmm... Interesting, but why not just put it in the dir entry?  Wouldn't
that make it just that much easier for everyone?

...Chambers