Re: Internal Filename Representations (was Re: Summary of I/O related RFCs)

Johan Vromans <[email protected]> writes:
>Nathan Wiger <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>    $fo = open "C:\Windows\System\IOSUBSYS\RMM.PDR";
>>    $fo->pathdrive = "C:" ;
>
>I think the drive is "C", not "C:".

The reason for including the ':' is so that the rule for reconstructing 
the path is easy and we don't need another slot for 'drive separator'.

>
>>    $fo->patharray = [ Windows, System, IOSUBSYS, RMM.PDR ];
>
>I think the patharray is [ Windows, System, IOSUBSYS ].
>The file name is RMM, the extension is PDR.
>
>>    $fo = open "/etc/inet/inetd.conf";
>>    $fo->pathdrive = ""; 
>
>I think this should be the mount point, e.g., "/".
>
>> Splitting apart or putting together either one of these paths is trivial
>
>I think it's far from trivial, especially if you want to take into
>account network names, file versions, protection attributes and ACLs, ...
>
>-- Johan
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