Re: [Sheflug] listing sizes of directories..

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <nospam [at] sk.tsukuba.ac.jp>]

>>>>> "Al" == Alex Hudson <hudson [at] id-pro.co.uk> writes:

    Al> Such as datestamp.. what should it be? Date last modified? 
    Al> Date last accessed? Date last updated?

This is well-defined.  See ls(1).

    Al> The information in /proc is never out of date (i.e., it's
    Al> always current), thus the datestamp is 'now'. If it can never
    Al> change, maybe 'zero' is correct? Dunno...

Um, no, that's not how these things work.  Those stamps are based on
accesses to directory info (open, close, etc).  They're well-defined.
The reason size is not well-defined is that size is a property not of
the directory entry, but of some external entity.

    >> If you want other semantics, fine, but don't call it a
    >> filesystem then.  What's wrong with COM0:, D:, and ETH0:,
    >> anyway?  ;-)

    Al> Plan9 users would probably have well rehearsed arguments,
    Al> myself, I don't really care ;))

You're the guy who wants versions to go away, no?  Well, if you don't
fix the semantics, the versions will definitely not go away....


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