UFS has the notion of a "hard link" (i.e., a duplicate directory entry somewhere in the same file system, typically for a file). A key characteristic of hard links is that the modes and contents of the file are shared by the link (because all directory entries for a file point to the same inode).
I have tried creating hard links on an HFS+ file system and they work (mostly) as expected. I did find a peculiarity, however: % touch foo % ln foo foolink # Using Get Info, set the comment for "foo". # Using Get Info, get the comment for "foolink". The comment, being stored in the .DS_Store file of foo's directory, does not automatically get used for foolink. I'd like to know whether any of the other HFS+ file attributes are unique to the file, as opposed to being shared by all hard links to the file. -r -- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; phone: +1 650-873-7841 http://www.cfcl.com/rdm - my home page, resume, etc. http://www.cfcl.com/Meta - The FreeBSD Browser, Meta Project, etc. http://www.ptf.com/dossier - Prime Time Freeware's DOSSIER series http://www.ptf.com/tdc - Prime Time Freeware's Darwin Collection
