Re: What about these (old/annoying) bugs ?

[Olaf Frączyk <olaf cbk poznan pl>]

On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 03:44, Ryan McDougall wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 05:45, Julien Olivier wrote:
> > > Next question: Given the unix unified filesystem tree. How do you know
> > > if a filesystem is remote or removable?
> > 
> > Maybe - in a near future - using HAL ?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Julien Olivier <julo altern org>
> 
> I have to say that this has a correct ring to it, our systems should
> always know about itself, even if that information is purposefully hid
> from the user. 
> 
> A sophisticated solution is to always use a FS layer which would
> automatically implement "move" commands on remote FSs as a "copy"
> command.
And what if you really wanted to move an item? It will be not possible.
It's not sophisticated - it's the worst thing that could be done.

Regards,

Olaf