Message-ID: <1060006954.3f2e6c2a52f7f@corporate.resolution.de>
Date: Mon,  4 Aug 2003 16:22:34 +0200
From: Christian Reichert <c.reichert@resolution.de>
To: Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com>
Cc: mru@users.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: FS: hardlinks on directories
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Zitat von Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com>:

> On Mon,  4 Aug 2003 15:37:01 +0200
> Christian Reichert <c.reichert@resolution.de> wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> This is just the same with softlinks, or not?
> 
Not really, symlinks are just files which contain the location of the 
directory - so the 'physical' structure still stays a tree ..

Cheers,
    Chris
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