Re: [9fans] wstat and atomic directory change

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

> Now, since the protocol does not restrict names (even if Plan 9 does it),
> I'm wondering if setting the name to a full path starting from root could
> be used to change atomically the directory of a file (given the write
> permission on both original and target directory).
>
> Obviously I'm not referring to Plan 9 file servers (I guess this would be a
> non retrocompatbile change), but I'm considering if such interpretation
> would be wrong (according to the official specifications).
>
> A server supporting such behaviour could be considered a 9p2000 conformant
> server?

it would not be conformant.  the intro explicitly excludes slash as a valid character.
(unlike a dns zone.)  and its more detailed explinations are meant to hold for the
entire section.

but you could still do it, as long as the file servers were the same.

- erik