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From: Tristan Seligmann <mithrandi@mit...>
Subject: acme: some thoughts about design
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 01:56:35 +0200

On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 00:48:40 +0200, boyd, rounin wrote:
> > really has 1 or 2
> 
> run du -a lately?

The problem is, if I want to associate a file with, say, "computers" and
"vaccuum cleaners", how do I layout my filesystem? (let's say the file
is a write-up about computer-controlled vaccuum cleaners)

> > It may be a great low-level implementation, but being
> > able to say "find the e-mail I wrote to Timothy last week" is a lot more
> > useful to the user.
> 
> really?  mbox/Timothy/* or mbox/Timothy/YYYY/MMDD/*

Ok, now what about "all work-related e-mail I wrote about cars last
month"?

All of these queries can be "displayed" via a hierarchical file view,
but not simultaneously; you could of course build multiple "views" using
symlinks or unions or similar, but that's what I'd consider
"higher-level".

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