Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 23:08:11 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com> Cc: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>, FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Stupid file system tricks. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910192252380.84991-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <29074.940354451@monkeys.com>
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On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: >No offense, but it seems that you failed to get the joke. > >Just saying ``It doesn't do that because it doesn't do that'' (in one form >or another) doesn't really answer the question or why it can't be done. It cannot be done for precisely that reason. I wasn't being flippant in the slightest. That is the way it is. It is normal. It is by design. It was the work that was done by the people who did the work and they did not proceedeth to four and five was right out. It seems that Mr Zhang tried to add to the discussion. He certainly sounds smarter than me an the issue. No offense, but it seems you failed to get the non-joke. Your question is like asking, "Why doesn't my car put the groceries in the trunk by itself?" The only answer is that it was not desgined to do that. It is something you will have to accept. If you cannot accept it, then write the code. Now if you want a deeper answer as to WHY it isn't designed a certain way, then go read the source code. Some people who reply to questions here are programmers and some are not. The people who are not programmers do not have the capacity to answer the deeper question. The people who are programmers might know but I dare say they aren't likely to put down their email and go read and research source for you to answer your question. Especially when your question is about the normal behavior of the system. Tell programmers about core dumps and they will certainly be interested. OBTW, did you look up the UNION filesystem? The UNION filesystem will give you the behavior you desire. FWIW, you are welcome. Thank You, | http://students.washington.edu/jcwells Jason Wells | "Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither | freedom nor security." - Benjamin Franklin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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