Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:49:37 +0200
To: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
Cc: Peter Foldiak <Peter.Foldiak@st-andrews.ac.uk>,
       Christian Mayrhuber <christian.mayrhuber@gmx.net>,
       reiserfs-list@namesys.com,
       Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: file as a directory
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On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 10:19:57AM -0800, Hans Reiser wrote:

>For the case Peter cites, yes, it does add clutter to the pathname to 
>say "..metas" (actually, it is "...." now in the current reiser4, not 
>"..metas").  This is because you aren't looking for metafile 

"...." shound like something that could be an alias for ../..
so not much better than reserving the word "metas" from the namespace.

I guess I'll still go with ..metas here, as it's the best compromise
showed. Or maybe even ..meta (as there is no need for the plural imo)

Just re-opening a damned useless, old, tired and daft can of worms :P

-- 
mjt

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