But why don't just keep a foo.attr side by side with the file then? Should you need that, I mean.
On 8/20/07, Douglas A. Gwyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was thinking more about the subject, and extended attributes. > Here is an alternative proposal to implement extended attributes: > > (1) Everything stays the same as it is (Plan 9 or old-Unix) > except: > (2) An attempt to read(2) or write(2) a directory will succeed > if and only if there is a .data entry, in which case it will > access contents of the .data object. > > None of the existing tools need to be changed. > > To add attributes (all done in user space): > (a) Move the current file (terminal node) to a temp name. > (b) Make a directory in its place, with the original name. > (c) Move the temp name to original_name/.data . > (d) Create a file (subdirectory?) .attributes . > (e) Populate the .attributes . >
