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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: extended attributes


From: Miles Bader
Subject: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: extended attributes
Date: 05 Jan 2004 13:32:58 +0900

Aaron Bentley <address@hidden> writes:
> >Has anybody considered using extended attributes to store arch ids?
>
> Some text editors save-as-tmp-and-rename.  This breaks hard links, and I 
> wonder whether it would also kill extended attributes.  I suspect it 
> would require more attribute-awareness than many apps have.

Yeah, it seems like the sort of thing that _might_ be nice, but isn't
currently portable or reliable enough to be much good practice...
who knows when/if things will change enough to make them practical.

-Miles
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