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From: Nikita Danilov <Nikita@Namesys.COM>
Subject: Re: FS: hardlinks on directories
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:27:26 +0400
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To: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
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Hans Reiser writes:
 >

[...]

 > So, he needs links that count as references, links that don't count as 
 > references but disappear if the object disappears (without dangling like 
 > symlinks), and unlinkall(), which removes an object and all of its 
 > links.  He needs for the first reference to a directory to be removable 
 > only by removing all links to the object, or designating another link to 
 > be the "first" reference.
 > 
 > Sounds clean to me.  

Will surely continue to be this way until you start implementing. :)

 >                      This is not to say that I am funded to write 
 > it.;-)  I'd look at a patch though.....;-)
 > 
 > I need to write up a taxonomy of links..... after reiser4 ships.....

http://www.namesys.com/v4/links-taxonomy.html

 > 
 > -- 
 > Hans
 > 

Nikita.

 >