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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 17:30:29 +1100
From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] klibc requirements
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On 8 Jan 2002 23:26:46 -0800
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> *** Handling of hard links
> 
> When a nondirectory with c_nlink > 1 is seen, the (c_maj,c_min,c_ino)
> tuple is looked up in a tuple buffer.  If not found, it is entered in
> the tuple buffer and the entry is created as usual; if found, a hard
> link rather than a second copy of the file is created.  It is not

HPA,
	gnu cpio (v 2.4.2) actually puts the contents in the *last*
entry, for hardlinks in "newc" format.  This probably means you should
specify that if it's a found tuple, and c_filesize is non-zero,
overwrite the contents of the file.

Cheers!
Rusty.
-- 
  Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
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