On Fri, 10 Oct 2008, Theodore Tso wrote: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:00:28PM +0200, Nicol�ieffo wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 03:21:04PM -0400, Josef Bacik wrote: > > > > > What files are determined as "hidden" is completely up to the application, and > > > not the filesystem. Every linux filesystem is going to return all entries in a > > > directory when you do a readdir, and then it is up to the app to cull which > > > entries it doesn't want. Having the fs/vfs arbitrarily decide which files are > > > "hidden" and shouldn't be returned via readdir is not the correct way to tackle > > > this problem, it should be decided via the application. > > > > Ok, maybe I was not clear in my request > > > > As if it's a way to get the size of a file, and this way is common to > > all filesystem (tell me if I'm wrong), we request a common way to ask > > if the file is hidden. > > You realie that except for filesystems that are legacy compatible with > Microsoft, the concept of "hidden file" simply doesn't exist? So when > you say: I think it's irrelevant what the [extended] attribute is. The real question is how to handle (and standardise) them efficiently and cleanly. Files can have quite a lot of properties (extended attributes), there are more and more requests for them every day. New, efficient, extended getdents based on a provided attribute interest list? Regards, Szaka -- NTFS-3G: http://ntfs-3g.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
