Date: 05 Dec 1999 05:21:37 +0100 From: Assar Westerlund <assar@sics.se> To: Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Portable way to compare struct stat's? Message-ID: <5l1z92m2zy.fsf@foo.sics.se> In-Reply-To: Randell Jesup's message of "04 Dec 1999 23:12:54 -0500" References: <ybu4se3lomv.fsf@jesup.eng.tvol.net.jesup.eng.tvol.net> <3845712D.F4D51A70@softweyr.com> <v04210100b46cd2f23ff6@[128.113.24.47]> <5lwvqu7as2.fsf@foo.sics.se> <ybuk8muh1mw.fsf@jesup.eng.tvol.net.jesup.eng.tvol.net> <5laenqz34x.fsf@foo.sics.se> <ybubt86gh4p.fsf@jesup.eng.tvol.net.jesup.eng.tvol.net>
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Randell Jesup <rjesup@wgate.com> writes: > Sure, depending on what's in a vnode (I haven't looked). Note that I was comparing the `pointers' and not the contents. The way the VFS works you only keep one vnode for every file. > That's what I was thinking of, partially. It makes binaries > more transportable, and source if we can get Linux/etc to add it to > their libraries. So write patches for Linux as well and get it installed there as well. Having it in *BSD and Linux is the best you can hope for in a short time scale. Getting it into commercial Unixes takes a few more years... /assar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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