Re: FS: hardlinks on directories

Stephan von Krawczynski
2003-08-04T13:22:30Z

On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 14:45:58 +0200
mru@users.sourceforge.net (Måns Rullgård) wrote:

> Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com> writes:
>
> > although it is very likely I am entering (again :-) an ancient
> > discussion I would like to ask why hardlinks on directories are not
> > allowed/no supported fs action these days. I can't think of a good
> > reason for this, but can think of many good reasons why one would
> > like to have such a function, amongst those:
>
> I don't know the exact reasons it isn't allowed, but you can always
> use "mount --bind" to get a similar effect.

I guess this is not really an option if talking about hundreds or thousands of
"links", is it?

Regards,
Stephan