From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Igor V. Kovalenko" To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Subject: RE: rm -rf -> Circular directory structure Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 14:01:00 -0000 Message-id: <33EF7405.AADDD43E@crec.mipt.ru> X-SW-Source: 1997-08/msg00227.html Looking at ...include/sys/types.h I found that ino_t is actually unsigned short, that is only 16 bit in size. Thus, we (in 'rm' etc..) do compare the lower 16 bits of prepared by hash_path_name() 32-bit integer. I think this is a main cause for $subj$, though the hashing function itself is not as perfect as it could be (in theory). PS: Or do I have incorrect header file? -- Igor V. Kovalenko mailto:iko@crec.mipt.ru - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".