Using Xattr is also possible. But keep in mind that storing this kind of information in extended attributes will result in two extra calls per file or directory, while when storing this in the rdev field no extra calls are required. And why use xattr when the rdev field is available?
Still the storing of the type of the file or directory is the storing of an numerical value. Stef 2012/3/17 PCMan <[email protected]>: > Can't xattr be used for this purpose? > IIRC storing mime-types in xattr is proposed long time ago. > However, most applications do not seem to use this. > Though it might be less efficient than a numeric id, this might be a more > portable way than using the rdev hack. > _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
