On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 05:22:28PM -0500, Benjamin Mesing wrote: > Btw. yesterday I thought about a tagged filesystem. Not this database > stuff everyone is coming up with now. But wouldn't a real file system > with tags for files instead of directories be a nice idea -- > disregarding the fact that it would probably be a nightmare to work with > current Operating Systems which so much rely on their directory > structure...
I've been dreaming about it as well. I've even thought a bit of the implementation: one could do something using FUSE, and mount it in a subdirectory of $HOME. It could be implemented on top of any host filesystem. There can be the normal directory hierarchy, and then one could tag directory entries and find them also in a parallel tagged hierarchy: Normal hierarchy /pippo /pippo/pluto /pippo/pluto/paperoga /pippo/paperino Then I tag pippo as 'cippo' and pluto as 'lippo', and I would get something like: /pippo /pippo/pluto /pippo/pluto/paperoga /pippo/paperino :cippo/pippo :cippo/pippo/pluto :cippo/pippo/pluto/paperoga :cippo/pippo/paperino :lippo/pluto :lippo/pluto/paperoga Multiple tags can create an exponentially large (but virtual) hierarchy: you would just go down directories starting with ':' as part of some tag browsing. Then, one can make it impossible to create files inside :tag directories (no idea where to actually put the file in the host filesystem); however moving a file into a :tag directory would leave it where it is, but tag it. Deleting a file from a :tag directory could remove the tags found in its path. This would actually be enough logic to build a prototype. We can discuss it a bit here, then either someone says "I'll try and build it" or we can copy the final idea in the wiki. Ciao, Enrico -- GPG key: 1024D/797EBFAB 2000-12-05 Enrico Zini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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