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Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: everything is a directory
From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:25:41 -0400
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> But what about making directories into files? We should get rid of one
> or the other, is my point. Give all filesystem objects children (which
> are other filesystem objects) and then as many 'channels' as they
> like, for app and OS specific things (ACL channel, owner channel, byte
> channel, diff channel...).

of course directories are files.  the whole file system is a file.  filesystems
role in life is to turn a linear array of blocks into something with heirarchy.
often that linear array of blocks is known as a disk drive.

(mbox format is a directory masquerading as a file and so is /adm/keys.)

- erik