[Oberon] New BB features: attributed filesystem

edgar at edgarschwarz.de edgar at edgarschwarz.de
Fri Sep 30 22:59:24 CEST 2005


Hi,
I would appreciate a new filesystem with:
- WebDAV style attributes: RFC 2518, RFC 3253, Binding spec
- Directories obviously
- Unlimimited potential filesize (Only limited by volume(s) space.)
For WebDAV I had to simulate attributes by creating another file with
a trailing '_'. Bad hack :-(
Also I had to use FAT32 for directories. Only either the Oberon FAT32 driver
or FAT itself has bugs. So sometimes I have unexpected problems with leftover
filehandles and have to double check a lot. Gives nasty and unefficient code :-(
You see these are the hateful problems there are sometimes. Not your task
itself is taking the time but the stupid environment you have to work with.

Also I fixed some problems in BB Netsystem, Mail, MIME because Crazys Bluebottle
didn't do my mail in it's Oberon.
Patch descriptions to appear on the wiki this weekend.

So now that my mail is working again in XP-VMware-Bluebottle I have laid a
foundation.
My next step to a LinAos will probably be trying to generate a LNO in Bluebottle.
First with Compiler.Compile and then with PC.Compile.

Cheers, Edgar






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