Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 12:12:40 +0200 (CEST) From: Marius Bendiksen <mbendiks@eunet.no> To: adrian@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: MIME types in filesystem (was Adding ... ) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904291210490.4874-100000@login-1.eunet.no> In-Reply-To: <19990428103120.4917.qmail@ewok.creative.net.au>
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> >The one problem I do see with this idea however, is that it only applies > >to binaries, and not data. > > If you want to do it for data, then you would have to make mime-type > (or whatever you use to slap on a file type) part of the filesystem > entry. I believe this could be managed through stacking, similar to how an UMSDOS fs would be implemented. You'd probably have a .MIME file or somesuch in each directory, containing this information, and supermount a stacking layer to manage these. Eivind would be the one to consult on this, though, I think. - Marius - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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