>> - I don't know if there exists a file system in which a file and a >> directory can have exactly the same name, and are distinguished by the fact >> that one is a directory and the other is a file. I mean, if it were >> possible for a directory to have both a file and a directory called >> file.html, then the URL: >> http://host/dir/file.html/1.5 >> would be ambiguous. If there is such a perverted file system, I will >> withdraw my points and leave to become a goatherd in Sardinia (Italy). > >Well the Thoth operating system from the university of waterloo >allowed a node in the filesystem to contain both data and links >to subnodes. So a "directory" could be opened and read as a >file, or it could be traversed to find subdirs. I understand >that the weather in Italy is very nice ;-) Gennargentu, Sardinia, Italy. A wonderful scenery of peaceful rural activities surrounds you. A dog barks happily far away, an army of animal lawn mowers keep the immense grass field around you perfectly trimmed, unspecified ovine smells fill the place (watch your steps!). A clearly clumsy apprentice shepherd sits under a pear tree smiling at you and offers some goat cheese. He says: "Uh. Is it really SO bad? Heck, this could be the end of the civilization as we know it. The entire proposal of path overspecification of resources goes bust. I mean, not just for version management, but even for cgi applications and such." Fabio