2015-02-04 4:51 GMT+01:00 erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>:

> On Tue Feb  3 01:01:02 PST 2015, steve@quintile.net wrote:
>
> > the control file idea is a neat way of doing atomic moves.
> >
>
> control files are a good way of dealing with all kinds of exceptional
> behavior.
>
> but ...
>
> to be fair, this goes against the unix ideal of having uniform file
> operations.
>

You are right.
But since protocol customizations goes against that same ideal, what's the
plan9 way of dealing with a feature X (in this specific case atomic file
moves)?


> this requires delving into the namespace to tell that the directories are
> still under the
> same mount, and some non-uniform operations.
>

Good point. But thus, what are the alternatives?


Giacomo