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Directories of links. And yes, even with a layer on top of the FS to provide an abstraction (as an API, for instance) so you can build shells and applications,
by bborud 5y ago
Directories of links.
And yes, even with a layer on top of the FS to provide an abstraction (as an API, for instance) so you can build shells and applications, a tag + search based system would quite possibly be tedious to use.
I also don't think 64 bit ints provide a good way to definitively name things. Most people can't make sense of a list of 10 ints, but they will be able to remember at least where to look if you give them full paths.
- magicalhippo 5y ago> Directories of links. Well you'd still have to guarantee uniqueness of the filename within the directory. For example I have several files ala DSC00005.JPG which are not identical, because the camera reset the counter every now and then. > I also don't think 64 bit ints provide a good way to definitively name things. Most people can't make sense of a list of 10 ints, but they will be able to remember at least where to look if you give them full paths. I agree that 64bit ints is not a stellar solution. If anything it should be an something like UUID, so it can be unique across filesystems, and something the users shouldn't normally have to deal with.
- bborud 5y agoThe easiest way to do this is to use the inode for naming the link.