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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Chdir/Exex/Open by inode.
Message-ID: <834@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 20:36:15 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 12 20:36:15 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 15:24:30 EDT
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Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD
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Rather than using inodes instead of names to make things work faster,
I suggest you instead speed up name to inode translation.  (Look at
the 4.3BSD changes document in the Proceedings of the Summer '85
Usenix.)

[begin :-)]
exec by inode might be neat, but you'd have a terrible time keeping
the inodes straight!  I can just see the mail now:

	To: chris
	Subject: Emacs doesn't work anymore

	I can't seem to run Emacs anymore.  Why?

(reply)

	Oh.  Sorry about that... I recompiled it; now it's inode # 15252.
	Try that instead.
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