From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 6 14:42:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA10456 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 14:42:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from novell.com (sjf-ums.sjf.novell.com [130.57.10.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA10444 for ; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 14:42:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from INET-SJF-Message_Server by fromGW with Novell_GroupWise; Thu, 06 Jun 1996 14:39:40 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain Message-ID: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 14:49:17 -0700 From: DARREND@novell.com (Darren Davis) To: michaelv@HeadCandy.com, terry@lambert.org Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, terry@lambert.org Subject: Re: Breaking ffs - speed enhancement? - Reply Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>> Terry Lambert 6/ 6 12:02pm >>> You want wierd: I want a logical numeric name space for files so that the number is hooked to function and invariant under renaming. This would let me rename /etc/passwd to a Spanish or Japanese name (for instance) and still let /bin/login and everything that references the file by number chain continue to function normally. Then I want name catalogs for every language. Now *that's* wierd. 8-) 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. >>> Gee, sounds like multiple name spaces to me. Now where have I heard that one? {:-) Darren