Re: FS: hardlinks on directories

Hans Reiser
2003-08-25T15:56:06Z

Nikita Danilov wrote:

>Hans Reiser writes:
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> > 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.
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>Will surely continue to be this way until you start implementing. :)
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> > This is not to say that I am funded to write
> > it.;-) I'd look at a patch though.....;-)
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> > I need to write up a taxonomy of links..... after reiser4 ships.....
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>http://www.namesys.com/v4/links-taxonomy.html
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> > --
> > Hans
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>Nikita.
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I meant one that is intelligible to the reader and comes with a detailed
explanation.;-)

Also, I am sure we need another round of seminars on it.

--
Hans