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BeFS “includes support for extended file attributes, with indexing and querying characteristics to provide functionality similar to that of a relational databas
by smcnally 4y ago
BeFS “includes support for extended file attributes, with indexing and querying characteristics to provide functionality similar to that of a relational database.”
The BeOS file system, an OS geek retrospective | Ars Technica
[https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/07/the-beos-filesystem/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/07/the-b...]
- microtonal 4y agoThere is also a book at the BeFS filesystem: http://www.nobius.org/dbg/practical-file-system-design.pdf http://www.nobius.org/dbg/practical-file-system-design.pdf (Legal source, the website is the author's.) Dominic Giampaolo now works at Apple on APFS.
- conradev 4y agoMy APFS container corrupted itself while working at Apple and Dominic was able to manually repair it enough for me to be able to mount it He lives in Maine, though, so he did it over SSH!
- kalleboo 4y agoYou mean like HFS+ and Spotlight?