All file systems are databases.

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by ChrisR

8/18/03 8:53:52 PM

All file systems are databases.

The only question is the language (primitives) that are used to access the file system and how the files are indexed. There's also the question of whether the database is relational.

Fun with .com and Acrobat Distiller - (altmann) - (6) - Aug. 18, 2003, 07:44:56 PM EDT

File name extensions - (orion) - (5) - Aug. 18, 2003, 07:51:48 PM EDT

It might, but... - (altmann) - (4) - Aug. 18, 2003, 08:11:28 PM EDT

Longhorn and other systems - (orion) - (1) - Aug. 18, 2003, 08:18:24 PM EDT

All file systems are databases. - (ChrisR) - Aug. 18, 2003, 08:53:52 PM EDT

It's magic - (kmself) - (1) - Aug. 18, 2003, 08:57:48 PM EDT

Yep. That's it - (altmann) - Aug. 19, 2003, 04:35:13 AM EDT

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