[Linux] Combining partitions

[NV]

You can do it ... People have thrown around the idea of "semantic file 
systems" where data is organized based on tags, exactly as you 
suggested. Unfortunately, most implementations for Linux seem to be at 
the proof of concept stage at this time. Check out ( 
http://fuse.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/FileSystems ) and then 
"DatabaseFileSystems". MySqlfs sounds like fun :)

ZFS supports this idea under OpenSolaris using "properties". Click on 
"NonNativeFileSystems" at the above link for the Linux implementation. I 
haven't played with the Linux version so I am not sure what is fully 
supported but if you are interested in file systems, you should take a 
close look at ZFS.

I think the only system where this idea is widely and natively deployed 
is under Mac OS X using HFS+ and Spotlight. Files are organized in a 
traditional directory structure but each file can be tagged with 
arbitrary strings and then retrieved using the Spotlight API.

/nv


Robert Citek wrote:
> Wouldn't it be cool if filesystems supported tagging?
>
> Then you could put all your files in one folder, tag the different
> files, and then search them.  You wouldn't have to worry about putting
> the "free" files in the free folder and the "dog" files in the dog
> folder.  You'd simply tag the files as "free" or "dog".  You could
> even have multiple tags: "free" and "dog", something you couldn't do
> with folders.
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Tim Krabec <tkrabec@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> another way might be a date heirchy
>> photos/2005-months- days
>>           /2006-months
>> link/2007-months
>>     /2008
>> etc
>>     
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