Re: carrying links too far? (was Re: A bold idea (Re: Carrying Attributes too Far))

[Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca>]

>>>>> "David" == David Masover <jedi@ninja.dynup.net> 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.

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