From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: AYAN TYAGI Subject: Re: Fallthrus as full-length symlinks? Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:57:02 -0500 Message-ID: <62b7cf460911161657i2c9ca63cv5e4fa65b514593b@mail.gmail.com> References: <62b7cf460911151915k12c57c6dne9b49399bd8ce9d5@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail-yx0-f187.google.com ([209.85.210.187]:64905 "EHLO mail-yx0-f187.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751663AbZKQA44 (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:56:56 -0500 Received: by yxe17 with SMTP id 17so404285yxe.33 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:57:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <62b7cf460911151915k12c57c6dne9b49399bd8ce9d5@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > >Another idea that I first had when reading the suggestion was to use a > >symlink to self (ln -s x x) as the encoding for a fallthrough. It does > >not allow renames like what you really describe, but it has another advantage > >in that it does not require extensions to the upper file system layout > >while not conflicting with any use case I can see. It seems to be a great idea to make use of self referenced symlinks . Could you please describe the whole process u are proposing? If possible give some example and code .