sandeep wrote: > Before we discuss it further, where/how do you think you will use directory > hardlinking ...
I don't have a use for it :-) - I only ask as I'm integrating the YAFFS filesystem (see discussion elsewhere on these lists...) and thought of the question while writing test cases. FWIW, the only time I've ever come across directory hardlinks being useful is in a chroot on a standard Unix system where it's sometimes a good idea to nobble '..' (usually to be the same as '.') to preclude one of the standard gaol-escape tricks. > ... if it were available for normal user? Remember that eCos has no concept of users. Everything runs in the kernel - everything is privileged, arguably higher than the 'root' user of the standard Unix model. Ross -- Embedded Software Engineer, eCosCentric Limited. Barnwell House, Barnwell Drive, Cambridge CB5 8UU, UK. Registered in England no. 4422071. www.ecoscentric.com
