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<galex-713>Hello, would it be possible under hurd that for instance you can read file.xml, but also read file.xml/head as if file.xml was at the same time a directory and an xml file? <youpi>on the hurd you don't need fuse at all, hurd already provides whatever fuse provides <youpi>with a filesystem you can make an entry behave both as a file and a directory, yes <youpi>stat will tell you only either way though <galex-713>youpi: is it normally/commonly/standardly possible under unices to read a directory? <youpi>that was actually the only way to get dirents, back in the time <galex-713>and nowadays it’s not possible anymore, right? <galex-713>for helping interoperability between FS, I guess, right? <galex-713>what does “usually” means? is it the case with linux or any of the 3 BSDs? <youpi>I mean I've only seen OS not allowing it, except the hurd <youpi>it doesn't need to be about interoperability <youpi>the content could be made on the fly in a standard dirent format <galex-713>the hurd allows it by default? with its most used translators/fs? <galex-713>thank you for your answers, I’m very happy about that <youpi>(but that'd be terribly eaasy to just try)