unix file structure (or lack of same)

[Sam Bassett RCS]

In article <125379 at linus.mitre.org> duncant at mbunix.mitre.org (Thomson) writes:
>then any database implementation 
>would have to go below unix, and access the mass storage devices directly.

	Sybase (and I believe Oracle) does exactly this -- raw partitions
are set aside and manipulated by the db manager, outside of the UNIX file
structure.

>Is this right?

	Yes, if you mean "is that so", as to whether it is the most
correct thing to do, I haven't the expertise to answer . . .

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