Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!chris 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 Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.834 Posted: Fri Jul 12 20:36:15 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 15:24:30 EDT References: <11465@brl-tgr.ARPA> <1046@diku.UUCP> Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 22 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. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251) UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland