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From: "Mark Habersack" <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
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Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 12:04:44 +0100
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Subject: Re: Another look at FS notions
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Once upon a time (on  7 May 97 at 17:38) Mike A. Harris said:

> > We could use Linux VFS specs here. They are well thought and shouldn't be
> > hard to implement on DOS.
> 
> Sounds good.
Fine. Let's dig through VFS docs then (are there any? ;-))

> > 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.
> 
> Well, I don't particularly use associations of any kind very much
> anyways, and the 4DOS method works good enough for me anyways.  I
> realize though that others may want it in the FS, and if it is
> done in the FS, it should definately be a configurable option,
> (as are most of our additions) and not hard-coded.
> 
> Agreed?
Yes, 100%! We should make optional as many options as possible.
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