* Alan E. Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [13/02/06 02:08]: > > On 2/13/06, Gerhard Hoogterp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Under linux that's not nessecary > > as you can just use long filenames including spaces.. > > > > I do that, of course. It solves 95% of my issues. Somehow, I still > miss that feature. Additional comments would help me, for example, > when I have a series of source code files with similar file names, and > need to make comments to distinguish them. Especially when other > programs are looking for the file names in a series.
You can use extended attributes for this. See getfattr(1) and attr(5) from sys-apps/attr. I think you need to enable this for the file system you are using when compiling the kernel (and maybe also pass the "use_xattr" option when mounting) HTH, Moshe > > Alan > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > -- I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. -- Douglas Adams Moshe Kaminsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home: 08-9456841
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