On 26May2010 17:06, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 07:30 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: | > Can you elaborate on why you want this as opposed to to a hard link? | > i.e. what specific facility a hard link does _not_ give you that your | > proposal would? | | A hard link just gives a specific file an extra name. The OP wants a | single name to refer to the concatenated contents of several files, | without having to copy them. Oh, that kind of "join". I've actually got one of them right here, but it's barely at alpha stage at present, hardly ready for others to burn their fingers with. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ You step in the stream, but the water has moved on. This page is not here. - Haiku Error Messages http://www.salonmagazine.com/21st/chal/1998/02/10chal2.html -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
