>>>>> "David" == David Masover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] David> I guess the main problem I have with this is that it only works David> when we're talking about all the filesystems on the local David> machine, and then only so far. It kind of falls apart with David> removable filesystems like floppies and cds. And network mounts. OK, another problem with Leo's scheme (and with hardlinking across filesystems). If I create a hardlink from partition A to partition B (i.e. the file physically resides on partition B), and then unmount partition B, I should still be able to access the file, since hardlink semantics stipulate that the "link" on partition A is the actual file itself, and not just a pointer. But the file is not accessible, since partition B is unmounted. So things break. Hmm. Maybe later I'll write a couple of paragraphs on why it is impossible to handle cross-filesystem hardlinking in any sane way. -- Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.
