Comment 12 for bug 5158
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| Jelmer Vernooij (jelmer) wrote Re: [Bug 5158] Re: [Bug 5158] Re: rfc: don't treat missing files as deleted | #12 |
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On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 05:19:02PM -0000, Aaron Bentley wrote:
> 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.
It'll only break if one of those programs does weird things moving
files around.
Extended attributes are getting more important, at least in the
Windows world so people will be complaining about applications that
break ea's.
Cheers,
Jelmer
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