On Sunday 08 November 2009 01:12:39 Peter Korsgaard wrote: > >>>>> "Rob" == Rob Landley <[email protected]> writes: > > Hi, > > >> kcore -> /proc/core > >> fd -> /proc/self/fd > >> > >> We do not support such syntax, IIRC. Why this can't be done with ln? > > Rob> Perhaps because when it gets unplugged you have to delete the > Rob> link? Dunno. > > /proc/self/fd getting unplugged? You mean /proc unmounted? I don't think > we need to support that.
No, I meant I believe the reason for the "create a symlink" syntax to exist in general rather than just an "ln -s" callout was to be able to delete the symlink when the device in question gets removed. And then once the capability existed (in gentoo's version, if not in busybox's) they used it to create all the symlinks in one place rather than having some of them created by one mechanism and some of them by another. But that's a guess, I didn't write this file and solar is still on walkabout. Rob -- Latency is more important than throughput. It's that simple. - Linus Torvalds _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
