12-16-2005
well I am making a dynamically linked library that adds a file system layer that adds some error check abilities... it interposes on all important file system related calls... I know that I have the name of the file in open, but a whole lot of file might be opened before any is read. When the file is read I only have the fd.... In the read() I want to open (if it exists) or create another file with the same name and just a different extension.
I guess from what you guys said the only way to do this is to create my own file table which is like a (very) large string array with each element = the file name and each index corresponding to a fd.
If this is the case I think I will just stick to my i-node naming because that has too much memory overhead. Thanks
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File::Spec::Functions - portably perform operations on file names
SYNOPSIS
use File::Spec::Functions;
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DESCRIPTION
This module exports convenience functions for all of the class methods provided by File::Spec.
For a reference of available functions, please consult File::Spec::Unix, which contains the entire set, and which is inherited by the
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The following functions are exported by default.
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