Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269232AbUIBWrn (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 18:47:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269210AbUIBWpv (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 18:45:51 -0400 Received: from turing-police.cc.vt.edu ([128.173.14.107]:56728 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269185AbUIBWnd (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 18:43:33 -0400 Message-Id: <200409022239.i82MdmnO015327@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.1 07/26/2004 with nmh-1.1-RC3 To: Spam Cc: Oliver Hunt , Helge Hafting , Hans Reiser , Linus Torvalds , David Masover , Jamie Lokier , Horst von Brand , Adrian Bunk , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Christoph Hellwig , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List Subject: Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Sep 2004 12:02:59 +0200." <812032218.20040902120259@tnonline.net> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20040826150202.GE5733@mail.shareable.org> <200408282314.i7SNErYv003270@localhost.localdomain> <20040901200806.GC31934@mail.shareable.org> <20040902002431.GN31934@mail.shareable.org> <413694E6.7010606@slaphack.com> <4136A14E.9010303@slaphack.com> <4136C876.5010806@namesys.com> <4136E0B6.4000705@namesys.com> <4699bb7b04090202121119a57b@mail.gmail.com> <4136E756.8020105@hist.no> <4699bb7b0409020245250922f9@mail.gmail.com> <812032218.20040902120259@tnonline.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1254368776P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 18:39:48 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1015 Lines: 30 --==_Exmh_1254368776P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 12:02:59 +0200, Spam said: > The meta-data should be deleted if it the file is copied or moved to > a medium that doesn't support it. However a _warning_ may be shown > to the user if there is risk to loose data. OK... I'll bite. How do you report the warning to the user if you're using an unenhanced utility to copy a file to a file system that may be lossy? --==_Exmh_1254368776P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFBN6E0cC3lWbTT17ARAvFtAKCYXKO1PT6wSczb1JWdAFaNawpmFgCghAzb kO4/aGfmuLqZJD/PIF8iDgw= =PWgb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1254368776P-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/