At 1:54 PM -0500 10/31/02, Jim Correia wrote:
I'm confused by your wording of "other HFS+ file attributes" when the only example you give is the comment, which by your own admission isn't an HFS+ file attribute.
I think you're using a more specific meaning of "attribute" than I am. What I meant was something along the lines of "system-supported data and metadata", including a panoply of characteristics such as comments, modes, creation dates, etc. (This is consistent with the definition of "attribute" that you would find in a dictionary, but it doesn't have the specific meaning that "HFS+ file attribute" has.)
As far as I can tell, all HFS+ attributes are "shared" because they really are the same file. To do otherwise would break the definition of hard link, wouldn't it?
Well, I think that by creating a "Comments" area and only partially binding it to the file, OSX has already done this. I'm interested in knowing what other "partially bound" metadata is lurking around... -r -- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; phone: +1 650-873-7841 http://www.cfcl.com/rdm - my home page, resume, etc. http://www.cfcl.com/Meta - The FreeBSD Browser, Meta Project, etc. http://www.ptf.com/dossier - Prime Time Freeware's DOSSIER series http://www.ptf.com/tdc - Prime Time Freeware's Darwin Collection
