kevin lyda kevindated1027629217152a82linuxie sat jul 20 2002 082447pm 0100 aidan kehoe wrote ar 20 l de 7 scrobh kevin lyda actaully think soft links invented cant hard link directories could hard link directories back soft links invented afaik time unix systems ive used didnt allow hard links directories restricted root reason could cause infinite loops kernel usually bad place infinite loops apparently systems limited soft links device gave make consistent hard links better way would global unique filesystem identifiers every fs created chance two clashing miniscule 64 bits creatively used would id say b implement target info soft link fsid inode pair os work thing linked different mount point moved hfs fans whats done aliases implemented differently lets call supersoftlinks ln ss ln ss foo bar ls foo 111 foo mv floyd foo ls foo 222 foo bar longer points foo ln ss foo bar ls foo 111 foo rm foo touch floyd ls floyd 111 floyd fs would need maintain table links going direction move command unlinks foo first example could check table mark bar disconnected would true second example even important since bar points floyd table consulted fails handle nfs mounted file systems filesystems dynamic inodes fat fss reiser lacks inodes think kevin kevinsubericnet believer happier skeptic forked 37058400 point fact drunken man happier meatspace place home sober one happiness credulity httpiesubericnetkevin cheap dangerous quality gb shaw irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie sat 20 jul 2002 213335 0100 ilug copy files