On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 05:43 +0200, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: > > Sure, but if *each* file can have more than one representation then > > where's the best place for the ctl thing to be? In each subdirectory? > > At the top of the hierarchy (accepting the full path names, of course)? > > Well, assume you have a canonical representation for a given file, I'd > have the ctl file in the same directory. You'd then use a command > that includes the basename as well as the representation selector to > create the new entry. If the representation directory already exists, > then the file is added to whatever is already there, otherwise the > directory is created first: > > ; ls /n/synthetic > /n/synthetic/ctl > /n/synthetic/image.canonical > ; echo GIF image.canonical > /n/synthetic/ctl > ; ls /n/synthetic > /n/synthetic/ctl > /n/synthetic/gif > /n/synthetic/image.canonical > ; ls /n/synthetic/gif > /n/synthetic/gif/image.canonical # sic > > If you need additional depth to the directory, then I think you ought > to be looking to upas/fs and how it manipulates its directory for > further hints.
Hm. This looks more complex to me than essentially turning every file into a "subdirectory" of sorts full of names for representations. Thanks, Roman.
