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  1. Bug #5158
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Comment 11 for bug 5158

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Aaron Bentley (abentley) wrote : Re: [Bug 5158] Re: rfc: don't treat missing files as deleted

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Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> How about storing file ids in extended attributes? That way you can
> always find out what the original file was. It won't work on all
> systems, but it's better than not being able to find out at all.

We could certainly try that. I have the impression that extended
attributes are rather fragile, though. If even one of the programs you
regularly use doesn't respect extended attributes, then the whole thing
doesn't work.

Aaron

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