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authorEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>2011-11-03 00:06:08 +0000
committerEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>2011-11-03 00:06:08 +0000
commit1c78c6d067b27ccd763bd2732f57771261e047f3 (patch)
tree9de4b7b89d86599c8fd813b4c265819867948691
parent7f8687c9496317a5ffd0da9f4489d59ff8376899 (diff)
downloadmogilefs-client-1c78c6d067b27ccd763bd2732f57771261e047f3.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--lib/mogilefs/bigfile.rb5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/mogilefs/bigfile.rb b/lib/mogilefs/bigfile.rb
index 1f9d0ba..95e89ad 100644
--- a/lib/mogilefs/bigfile.rb
+++ b/lib/mogilefs/bigfile.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ require 'mogilefs/util'
 require 'mogilefs/network'
 
 # Used for reading deprecated "bigfile" objects generated by the deprecated
-# mogtool(1) utility.  Not recommended for new projects.
+# mogtool(1) utility.  This is for reading legacy data and not recommended for
+# new projects.  MogileFS itself is capable of storing standalone objects
+# of arbitrary length (as long as the underlying database and underlying
+# filesystem on the DAV devices accept them).
 
 module MogileFS::Bigfile
   # VALID_TYPES = %w(file tarball partition).map { |x| x.freeze }.freeze