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Re: ext filesystem

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On 03/05/14 00:03, Bill Cunningham wrote:
> "David Brown" <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote in message
> news:ljt4sv$5qq$1@dont-email.me...
>
>> That package is for people writing low-level routines for repairing or
>> checking ext file systems.  You are not doing anything like that, so the
>> package is useless to you.  Don't bother looking at it.
>>
>> If you can say what you are trying to do, people can give you more help.
>
>      Considering studying for an /interest/ in utilies for checking or
> changing things like inodes and so on. As a learning experience in dealing
> with filesystems.
>

You won't learn anything - if you ever get anything running that 
actually does anything to your inodes (assuming you know what they are), 
you will screw up your filesystem.

This sort of stuff is /advanced/ programming.  It makes sense for people 
who have worked for years at kernel and OS programming - not for people 
who have spent 20 years trying to learn C and still haven't figured out 
what a pointer is.

I am a great fan of learning, and encouraging people to learn and take 
up hobbies.  But there comes a point when you have to face reality and 
accept that you are not cut out for C programming.  Find yourself a 
hobby that matches your abilities, and you will be much happier.

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ext filesystem "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-04-30 19:04 -0400
  Re: ext filesystem Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2014-05-01 05:59 +0000
    Re: ext filesystem "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-02 18:01 -0400
  Re: ext filesystem David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-05-01 11:41 +0200
    Re: ext filesystem "Bill Cunningham" <nosapm@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-02 18:03 -0400
      Re: ext filesystem David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-05-06 01:12 +0200
        Re: ext filesystem crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-05-06 04:02 -0600
          Re: ext filesystem Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2014-05-06 09:00 -0600
            Re: ext filesystem crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-05-07 00:42 -0600
          Re: ext filesystem David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2014-05-07 00:27 +0200
            Re: ext filesystem crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-05-07 00:58 -0600
          Re: ext filesystem "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2014-05-13 00:44 -0400

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