[NCLUG] discrepency between reiserfs and ext3?

[Robie Lutsey]

> Hmm .... truely strange .... just for grins try:
> 
> 	# cp /[ext3-partition]/database /[reiserfs-partition/database
> 	# od -x /[ext3-partition]/database > /tmp/hex.ext3
> 	# od -x /[reiserfs-partition/database > /tmp/hex.reiser
> 	# diff /tmp/hex.ext3 /tmp/hex.reiser

[Robie ] no difference.
> 
> and if the diff doesn't report anything, then
> 
>         # cp /[reiserfs-partition/database /[ext3-partition]/database2
>         # od -x /[ext3-partition]/database2 > /tmp/hex.ext3-2
>         # diff /tmp/hex.ext3 /tmp/hex.ext3-2

[Robie ] no difference.
> 
> and if this diff doesn't report anything, then
> 
> 	# lsattr /[reiserfs-partition/database
/[ext3-partition]/database2
> 	# ls -l /[reiserfs-partition/database
/[ext3-partition]/database2

[Robie ] no attributes are listed which makes sense, since I haven't set
any.

[Robie ] Do different file-systems reply to calls like ls differently?
For example if I did an ls on ext3:/home and reiserfs:/home, I get the
same thing.  But are the intermediate steps the same?  Are there other
calls that would return the same information in a different order, all
else being equal?
[Robie ] 
Thanks, Robie Lutsey.