On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, Brendan Byrd/SineSwiper wrote: >Also, I have a question about how files are moved. Currently, all files >are copied to a new diskspace, and then the old diskspace is removed.
Only when the file is moving across filesystem boundaries. Try this to see how mv usually behaves: $ strace -e trace=file mv /tmp/foo /tmp/bar >Why not just create a hardlink (ie: x->hard_link = 1;) and remove that >link? Because hard links cannot cross filesystem boundaries :) $ ln /boot/message /tmp/message ln: creating hard link `/tmp/message' to `/boot/message': Invalid cross-device link Cheers, Phil _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
