Re: Recursive directory accounting for size, ctime, etc.

Jamie Lokier
2008-07-15T21:44:57Z

J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> I just wonder how one would explain to users (or application writers)
> why changes to a file are reflected in the parent's rctime in one case,
> and not in another, especially if the primary link is otherwise
> indistinguishable from the others. The symptoms could be a bit
> mysterious from their point of view.

Btw, what happens when the primary link is deleted? Does another link
become the primary link?

-- Jamie