Re: "tfs" and other filesystems with very short names

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Very good question.  But there are two.  We call it Coda here so
the directory is coda.  Then I looked at all the fs's and some used
fs in the name of their methods and some did not; it was pretty evenly
split.

"Greg A. Woods" <woods%most.weird.com@localhost> writes:

> [ On Tue, September 22, 1998 at 08:49:18 (+0000), Alan Barrett wrote: ]
> > Subject: "tfs" and other filesystems with very short names
> >
> > > Added Files:
> > >   src/sys/lib/libsa: tfs.c tfs.h
> > > Log Message:
> > > Add `tfs', a USTAR-format FS, featuring fast floppy loads, 5% better
> > > space efficiency, and (the real reason) multiple-volume files.
> > 
> > Is it a good idea to add new filesystems with such short names?  We just
> > went through a process of renameing "cfs" to "coda" because of a name
> > clash.  I'd prefer to see see "tfs" renamed to "ustarfs" now, rather than
> > wait for another name clash later.
> 
> I agree.
> 
> Which reminds me -- why the heck wasn't it called "codafs"?
> 
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