Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264187AbUDBVhe (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Apr 2004 16:37:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264188AbUDBVhd (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Apr 2004 16:37:33 -0500 Received: from gprs214-45.eurotel.cz ([160.218.214.45]:9856 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264187AbUDBVfP (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Apr 2004 16:35:15 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 23:35:04 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Ross Biro Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel , mj@ucw.cz, jack@ucw.cz, "Patrick J. LoPresti" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] cowlinks v2 Message-ID: <20040402213504.GA246@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20040320152328.GA8089@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <20040329171245.GB1478@elf.ucw.cz> <20040329231635.GA374@elf.ucw.cz> <20040402165440.GB24861@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <20040402180128.GA363@elf.ucw.cz> <20040402181707.GA28112@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <20040402182357.GB410@elf.ucw.cz> <2B32499D.222B761B@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <2B32499D.222B761B@mail.gmail.com> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1021 Lines: 23 Hi! On P? 02-04-04 11:28:55, Ross Biro wrote: > On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 20:23:58 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > > > If you really want cowlinks and hardlinks to be intermixed freely, I'd > > > > > happily agree with you as soon as you can define the behaviour for all > > > > > possible cases in a simple document and none of them make me scared > > > > > again. Show me that it is possible and makes sense. > > Maybe it's easiest to view the proposed copyfile() as being > semantically equivalent to cp from the point of view of anything above > the actual file system (modulo running out of space at weird times) Yes, this is what I was trying to propose. Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?] - 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/