Re: [Gnu-arch-users] extended attributes

[Thomas Zander]

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On Monday 05 January 2004 21:25, Tom Lord wrote:
>     > From: Andrew Suffield <address@hidden>
>     >
>     > > That costs you atomicity, specifically atomic update.
>     >
>     > (Yes, that really is the whole point. Think ACLs)
>
> ACLs are something entirely different.   Unlike extended attributes in
> general, they have a very specific semantics -- just like permission
> bits in an inode.

According to that reasoning a field like 'mime-type' being specified & 
registered for general usage would also not be EAs.  Seems like a wierd 
definition to me.

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Thomas Zander
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