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List:       fuse-devel
Subject:    Re: [fuse-devel] rmdir and check of open files.
From:       Stef Bon <stefbon () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-04-08 9:26:14
Message-ID: BANLkTi=yuezDC0nfQVHdco_GJb6bvwbm0A () mail ! gmail ! com
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2011/4/8 John Muir <john@jmuir.com>:
> On 2011-04-03, at 15:39, Stef Bon wrote:
> 
> > My fs offers an overall overlay on resources found on the computer.
> > For example, the map Computer contains "directories" which give access to
> > various "hardware" on the localhost like (partitions on) harddisks,
> > usb devices and cdroms.
> 

> 
> Clearly you are defining a file-system with different semantics than a regular \
> file-system.

Yes I do.

> As I state in my previous message, in a regular file-system there is nothing \
> stopping the user >from deleting an open file. Then when the directory is empty, it \
> can be deleted. Therefore, if >you want to maintain this special semantic in your \
> file-system, you need to implement your >own checks. 
> Regards,
> 
> John.

Yes I see. Thanks a lot.

Stef

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