Re: a faq on broken aliass (was Re: Fixed file ID's)

[Robert B. Bell]

>i'll change the id assignment to look like the following:
>         1 bit:  directory/file identifier (set == it's a file)
>        13 bits: device
>        18 bits: inode 
>
>18 bits allows for 262144 files on the same device while 13 bits for
>devices should still be reasonably unique. oh yeah, i'll use lstat as
>well so that symbolic links have their own numbers as well. 
>
>there. is everybody happy now?

And there was much rejoicing!