[openbeos] Re: cp -p
- From: "David Reid" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 21:01:56 +0100
Why not have mkdir add the attribute? Seems like a more consistent approach.
david
----- Original Message -----
From: "unlyrn" <unlyrn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <glasselevator@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 8:47 AM
Subject: [openbeos] Re: cp -p
> > No, I think that was a mistake and cp -p should work as expected.
> > There
> > should be no difference between command line and gui tools...
> >
> > david
> >
>
> On a related note, folders created in Tracker have a BEOS:TYPE
> attribute
> which is set to application/x-vnd.Be-directory - folders created via
> the
> command line do not. This makes searching for folders using queries
> really
> ineffective.
>
> Rather than mkdir adding the attribute, perhaps we could have a set of
> pseudo-attributes (like name) based on the stat information of a file?
>
> This would enable you to search for directories and symlinks
> specifically,
> not to mention the other flags...
>
> Well, just a thought...
>
> David Shipman
>
>
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