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From: Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:48:33 +0200
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Multi-dimensional filesystem
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> The
> "getting dot-dot right" is precisely the problem that there are
> multiple paths, and only one is valid for a classical dir tree and
> you got to follow this one correct path back. Here, this multiplicity
> is simultaneously valid, and all the paths are the correct answer.

The question here is how to enhance the Unix-like hierarchical
directory to embrace multi-dimensionality.  I have no doubt that the
changes to 9P that will almost certainly be required for this will be
fairly obvious and from there building synthetic fileservers will not
be difficult.  I have a feeling that assuming that Plan 9 already has
the required silver bullet is a bad starting point.

++L