Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271739AbTHDNhh (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2003 09:37:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271740AbTHDNhg (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2003 09:37:36 -0400 Received: from deepthought.resolution.de ([195.30.142.42]:37327 "EHLO deepthought.resolution.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271739AbTHDNhf (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2003 09:37:35 -0400 Message-ID: <1060004221.3f2e617d72d4f@corporate.resolution.de> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 15:37:01 +0200 From: Christian Reichert To: Stephan von Krawczynski Cc: =?iso-8859-1?b?TeVucyA=?= =?iso-8859-1?b?UnVsbGflcmQ=?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FS: hardlinks on directories References: <20030804141548.5060b9db.skraw@ithnet.com> <20030804152226.60204b61.skraw@ithnet.com> In-Reply-To: <20030804152226.60204b61.skraw@ithnet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.1 X-Originating-IP: 192.147.51.120 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1631 Lines: 50 Hi ! the fundamental problem as i know it is that the FS design in unix is based on a directory TREE structure - however if you implement hard links for directories you are breaking this strict treeu structure and can end up with loops/graphs. (What are the cases where a symlink wouldn't be enough ?) Cheers, Chris Zitat von Stephan von Krawczynski : > On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 14:45:58 +0200 > mru@users.sourceforge.net (M?ns Rullg?rd) wrote: > > > Stephan von Krawczynski writes: > > > > > although it is very likely I am entering (again :-) an ancient > > > discussion I would like to ask why hardlinks on directories are not > > > allowed/no supported fs action these days. I can't think of a good > > > reason for this, but can think of many good reasons why one would > > > like to have such a function, amongst those: > > > > I don't know the exact reasons it isn't allowed, but you can always > > use "mount --bind" to get a similar effect. > > I guess this is not really an option if talking about hundreds or thousands > of > "links", is it? > > Regards, > Stephan > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/