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- Submitted-by: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
-
- In article <1992Jan18.231056.2481@uunet.uu.net> brnstnd@KRAMDEN.ACF.NYU.EDU (Dan Bernstein) writes:
- > Peter writes:
- > > Without implementing a uniform namespace, I can't see how POSIX could
- > > possibly redefine open, by itself, to do this. Nor have I seen any
- > > indication that any such standardization is being considered. There
- > > has, however, been an ongoing discussion about moving more and more
- > > facilities into the file system name space.
-
- > [sigh] I am arguing against ducks in all forms, whether or not you've
- > tied their bills so that they can't quack.
-
- Personally, I don't care if they're ducks or chickens so long as I can
- make a nice omolette with their eggs. Are you against eggs, or against
- having POSIX raise the poultry? If you're against eggs, then let us into
- the reason why instead of arguing about POSIX's farm policies or non-dairy
- egg substitutes like "super open".
-
- > *WHY* is POSIX planning to move ``more and more facilities into the file
- > system name space''?
-
- Well, this really does beg the question "*I* POSIX planning to move more
- and more facilities into the fils system name space"? I see a lot of
- discussion about moving things into the name space, but I don't see any
- indication that POSIX is going to take an active role in this, other
- than by documenting and standardising them when they get moved.
-
- > *WHO* has the experience implementing and working
- > with these features in a UNIX environment?
-
- I've been using named pipes and Xenix semaphore- snad memory- special files
- for some years now.
-
- > *WHERE* are the popular UNIX
- > systems which implement the uniform namespace features that POSIX wants
- > to standardize?
-
- Well, Xenix was the most popular UNIX system for quite a few years.
-
- > > You can't put file descriptor numbers in files.
-
- > foo >/dev/null 2>&1.
-
- Care to explain this particular non-sequiter? How do you put a file descriptor
- number in /etc/default/foo.cf?
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