Re: [linuxdc-dev] VMU filesystem question

[M. R. B. <mr...@0x...>]

* Callum Lerwick <se...@ha...> on Sun, Dec 08, 2002:

> M. R. Brown wrote:
> >* David Willmore <dav...@ia...> on Sun, Dec 08, 2002:
> >
> >
> >>You Linux VFS sees the files, but the filesystem driver makes them up=
=20
> >>from the info in the directories (the hidden pointers and such).  I'll=
=20
> >>write a better description when I get a moment--have to go finish makei=
ng=20
> >>dinner. :)
> >>
> >
> >
> >How does this help you when transferring files to/from a filesystem that
> >doesn't understand this information, like NFS?  Or when transferring sav=
es
> >around across the network?
>=20
> You copy the entire directory tree.
>=20

Reread Adrian's post.  The data he is talking about can't be "copied"
outside of the vmufs driver.  There is no way to persist custom data in the
Linux VFS without making all other filesystems understand that information.

M. R.