From: Anthony Sorace <a@9srv.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] wstat and atomic directory change
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 17:49:02 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2CBEED8D-800D-40C8-8182-162695D9FF30@9srv.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHL7psEpfW7jESQ4qeqc9RA4jWWzJwugBPDiHhMWAa3jag0g0Q@mail.gmail.com>
> On Jan 30, 2015, at 10:59 , Giacomo Tesio <giacomo@tesio.it> wrote:
>
> It surely would not be conformant to Plan 9 systems, but to the protocol?
No. Joel has it right. Writing a server which allows / in names would mean that the "/" you're slipping into a name wouldn't always be a directory indicator or name separator. Think of it as the protocol accommodating systems which use some other marker.
The relevant point is that the "name" in question (which, as you noticed, the protocol allows to contain / even though plan9 doesn't) is the name *within a directory*, not a full path name. walk(5) probably gives the best explanation of this, or perhaps the discussion of create in open(5).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-30 22:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-30 11:21 Giacomo Tesio
2015-01-30 14:13 ` erik quanstrom
2015-01-30 15:59 ` Giacomo Tesio
2015-01-30 20:19 ` Joel C. Salomon
2015-01-30 22:49 ` Anthony Sorace [this message]
2015-02-03 8:53 ` Giacomo Tesio
2015-02-03 9:04 ` Quintile
2015-02-04 3:51 ` erik quanstrom
2015-02-04 8:28 ` Giacomo Tesio
2015-02-04 14:06 ` erik quanstrom
2015-02-04 14:29 ` Giacomo Tesio
2015-02-04 16:30 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2015-02-04 19:23 ` erik quanstrom
2015-02-04 21:24 ` Giacomo Tesio
2015-02-05 4:13 ` lucio
2015-02-05 8:21 ` Giacomo Tesio
2015-02-05 8:37 ` Giacomo Tesio
2015-02-05 8:59 ` lucio
2015-02-05 8:54 ` lucio
2015-02-05 16:13 ` erik quanstrom
2015-02-05 4:15 ` lucio
2015-02-05 16:20 ` erik quanstrom
2015-02-05 16:46 ` Giacomo Tesio
2015-02-05 17:22 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2015-02-05 17:20 ` Bakul Shah
2015-02-05 4:26 sl
2015-02-05 4:26 sl
2015-02-05 8:08 ` Giacomo Tesio
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