On Oct 19 2007 05:32, David Newall wrote: > > The claim is wrong. UNIX systems have traditionally allowed the > superuser to create hard links to directories. See link(2) for > 2.10BSD > <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=link&sektion=2&manpath=2.10+BSD>. > Having got that wrong throws doubt on the argument; perhaps a path > can simultaneously be a file and a directory.
But hell will break lose if you allow hardlinking directories. mkdir /tmp/a ln /tmp/a /tmp/a/b And you would not be able to rmdir /tmp/a/b because the directory is not empty (it contains "b" [full path: /tmp/a/b/b]). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
