Re: [9fans] Multi-dimensional filesystem

[Burton Samograd <burton.samograd@markit.com>]

> It pretty much has to.  Consider what happens when you do something like
>
> % x=`{pwd}
> % bind /sys/src tmp
> % cd tmp
> % cd ..
>
> This gets you back to $x.  If you leave ".." upto the fileserver, you'd get back to /sys not $x. The server can't know the right context.

I thought this problem was solved in plan9:

Lexical File Names in Plan 9, or, Getting Dot-Dot Right -  Rob Pike

A vexing old problem solved: how to make pwd get the right answer in the face of multiply-bound directories.

http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/lexnames.html

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Burton Samograd

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