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Hi Fabrizio, So, does that mean your ok with the change? Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fabrizio Furano" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Andrew Hanushevsky" <[log in to unmask]> Cc: <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:26 AM Subject: Re: Proposed statx Protocol Change > Hi all, > > afaik the only problem I am aware of (if it's stuill there) was that at > some point the server returnde an error if one of the files did not exist. > This obviously screwed up the meaning of statx. > > From my opint of view I don't need to change the flag set with an > equivalent one, since the wrapping in XrdClientAdmin takes care of those > flags and is quite consolidated (except in the case the server returns > errors instead of flags). But I ignore if there is some other reason. > > Fabrizio > > > Andrew Hanushevsky wrote: >> As we all probably know, there have been several complaints about statx. >> It's been a very problematic protocol element. In order to simplify it >> and make it more consistent I'd like to change the meaning of the flags >> whch would them allow an implementation that makes sense, >> >> The currently returned flags are: >> flags identifies the entry's attributes as a binary character. The >> entry should be assumed to be an immediately available regular file >> unless one or more of the following bits are set. >> >> kXR_xset - Either an executable file or a searchable >> directory. >> >> kXR_isDir - This is a directory. >> >> kXR_other - This neither a file nor a directory, or does not >> exist. >> >> kkXR_offline - For files, the file is not online (i.e., on disk). >> >> I would like to change it to be: >> >> kXR kXR_exists - Object exists and is either an file or a directory. >> >> kXR_offline - For files, the file is not online (i.e., on disk). >> >> Any Hence, the object does not exist if all the bits are set to zero. I >> can make the corresponding client code changes to ease the effort. Anyone >> would rather not? >> >> a Andy >> >> >> >> a >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> OI > >