Thank you! I am on the road to understanding now... ezra
> With respect to the hardlinks, here is an explanation cut from a mail > from Paul Sladen (on the list), which I hope he doesnt mind me > publishing it... > > Inodes contain data. `Files' (like > `/etc/passwd' are pointers to an Inode number (and therefore the write > piece of data). > > A Hardlink is where you create a second pointer to the same numbered > Inode (there is also a reference count on the Inode data). So the > reference counts go to `2' for that data. If I create another hardlink > the refernce goes to `3' and there are now three seperate pointers to > the same > Inode/data. > > If you delete one of those files, all you are actually doing is removing > a pointer (such as `/etc/passwd') and decrementing the reference count > back down to `2'. So now when you create the file again (say > `/etc/passwd') this will now point at a new inode and a new block of > data. > > Whereas, if you *overwrite* the contents of any of those pointers you > are modifying the actual data in the Inode--and therefore the data that > all the other pointers see. > > Regards - Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 9:32 PM > Subject: [vserver] Delete/Remove a vserver > > >> Hello, a Linux/vserver newbie here. >> >> I have been looking for a solution like this...almost went with >> FreeVSD. Over this past weekend I loaded vserver and the patched >> kernel into a RedHat 7.3. >> >> Everything went so smooth I think I did something wrong ;) >> >> I have created several test 'vservers'...now how do I delete them. >> The standard 'rm -R....' commands don't work. >> >> I am coming from a NT background so symlinks, soft links, hard >> links...are still new to me. >> >> I looked up hard link and just link in the man pages, but I didn't >> understand. >> >> Any help or just plain berating would be appreciated. >> >> ezra
