toad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Sat, 12 Jan 2002 01:07:20 +0000:
>> The implementation detail is that the attribute/file/object type has
>> to be a special case, not a generic attribute. Perhaps a 32 bit integer
>> hidden in the underlying inodes. [...]
>
> A {sym,hard,COW}link?What's a COW link? I'm familiar with copy-on-write, but that's a virtual memory term. Is it like a MacOS alias? - Alex
