> "In general, the File interface is appropriate for maintaining
> arbitrary file trees (as in ramfs). The File interface is best avoided
> when the tree structure is easily generated as necessary; this is true
> when the tree is highly structured (as in cdfs and nntpfs) or is
> maintained elsewhere."
>
> Is this referring to avoiding the usage of createfile and friends in
> 9pfile.h for highly structured trees?

Yes.  You can look at the named examples to see
the alternative.  My experience has been, well, what
it says in the man page: the File interface was an
interesting idea but is rarely useful.

Russ

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