From: Jason Zions <jazz@softway.com>
To: cgf@bbc.com
Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Feedback needed on proposed cygwin feature
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1997 11:47:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <348313F1.45C1076E@opennt.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <EKHt00.DM8@bbc.com>
It strikes me that the best place for per-binary attributed like this
would be in the binary itself. I don't know how closely cygwin's exec()
looks at the program being exec'd; if it looks at the program header,
there should be a way to squirrel the attributes away there someplace.
Many "real Unix" systems do just this sort of thing; e.g. chatr in
HP-UX, which is used to alter a.out attributes.
Pro:
a) attributes are *really* a part of the binary; symlinks and
hardlinks all pointing to the same bits on the disk will behave the
same, while name-based approaches may be inconsistent
b) makes it easier for attributes to work over network mounts (when
filesystems can be mounted in different places)
Con:
a) extracting the attributes from the binary may be slower
b) may be hard to find a "safe place" to stash the bits
Jason
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-12-01 11:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-12-01 2:03 Chris Faylor
1997-12-01 9:09 ` Norm Peterson
1997-12-01 11:47 ` Jason Zions [this message]
1997-12-01 22:10 ` Justin Smith
1997-12-01 22:51 ` Michael Hirmke
1997-12-02 7:16 ` Chris Faylor
1997-12-02 9:41 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-12-03 7:38 ` Chris Faylor
1997-12-01 22:51 ` Theodore Jump
1997-12-02 5:17 ` Kimon Kontovasilis
1997-12-01 5:09 Earnie Boyd
1997-12-01 11:43 JONCKHEERE
1997-12-02 7:23 ` Chris Faylor
1997-12-01 22:51 Chris Faylor
1997-12-01 22:51 ` Jason Zions
1997-12-01 22:51 Chris Faylor
1997-12-02 6:11 Chris Faylor
1997-12-02 7:22 Chris Faylor
1997-12-02 9:41 marcus
1997-12-03 6:00 ` Tomas Fasth
1997-12-03 18:36 ` Chris Faylor
1997-12-04 13:02 ` Tomas Fasth
1997-12-05 8:07 ` Chris Faylor
1997-12-03 7:38 ` Chris Faylor
1997-12-02 16:54 dahms
1997-12-03 7:38 ` Theodore Jump
1997-12-02 20:23 Earnie Boyd
1997-12-04 17:07 Michael Anthon
1997-12-05 8:07 ` Chris Faylor
1997-12-04 17:09 Chris Faylor
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