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Re: Should hard links to directories work?
- From: sandeep <shimple0 at yahoo dot com>
- To: "ecos-devel at ecos dot sourceware dot org" <ecos-devel at ecos dot sourceware dot org>, Ross Younger <wry at ecoscentric dot com>
- Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 07:21:24 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: Should hard links to directories work?
Hi Ross,
Younger ;) people often have interesting questions and are responsible for fresh insights.
> The Unix world traditionally shuns such things as an abomination.
> The eCos docs are quiet on the subject, as is the code in
> ramfs and jffs2.
> Should they work? Does anybody use them?
Before we discuss it further, where/how do you think you will use directory hardlinking, if it were available for normal user?
Sandeep