Re: [fuse-devel] Storing Files in a Mounted Directory

[Sven U. <sve...@gm...>]

Hello Peter,

> >> Now say I want to use FUSE as just a layer on top of the normal
> >> filesystem.  I just want to add an extended attribute to the current
> >> properties that exist on the filesystem. I need a real filesystem to
> >> store the files and I keep my own file with the extra data I need
> >> (as an example, say I want to have a hash of the file as an extended
> >> attribute).

> why not just use the real extended attributes that are already available?

Sure.  But who's going ro (re)write that extended attribute each time
the file is changed (assuming, for a moment, a hash)?

Sven
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