Re: More on Hard Links

[Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca>]

Sorry for the lateness of this reply that I had promised to do.  I've
been a bit busy of late.

>>>>> "Narcoleptic" == Narcoleptic Electron <narcoleptic_electron@yahoo.co.uk> writes:

[...]

Narcoleptic> If there is a way to quickly and reliably verify that two
Narcoleptic> files are identical (or not), then when committing a
Narcoleptic> transaction, each file in the sync list can be resolved as
Narcoleptic> follows: - If a volume ID is not found, don't commit
Narcoleptic> anything (as per the current proposal).  - Otherwise, if a
Narcoleptic> file ID for a given volume ID refers to a file not
Narcoleptic> identical to the current file (or is not found), remove the
Narcoleptic> file from the sync list.

This seems very inefficient, and I don't think it really solves the
problem.

If a file is unlinked, and then an identical file is written in its
place, the system will still think it's part of the same hardlink
collection, even though it shouldn't be.

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