linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory

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Date:	Tue, 22 May 2007 19:26:31 -0400
From:	Shaya Potter <spotter@...columbia.edu>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, viro@....linux.org.uk,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] file as directory

Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> Why do we want this?
> --------------------
> 
> That depends on who you ask.  My answer is this:
> 
>   'foo.tar.gz/foo/bar' or
>   'foo.tar.gz/contents/foo/bar'
> 
> or something similar.
> 
> Others might suggest accessing streams, resource forks or extended
> attributes through such an interface.  However this patch only deals
> with the non-directory case, so directories would be excluded from
> that interface.

here's a possibly stupid question.  What about symlinks to dirs?  namely 
the shells tend to treat them differently if postfixed with a slash or not.
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