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From: sandeep <shimple0@yahoo.com>
To: "ecos-devel@ecos.sourceware.org" <ecos-devel@ecos.sourceware.org>,
	  Ross Younger <wry@ecoscentric.com>
Subject: Re: Should hard links to directories work?
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 14:21:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <442798.53859.qm@web112517.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> (raw)


Hi Ross,

Younger ;) people often have interesting questions and are responsible for fresh insights.

> The Unix world traditionally shuns such things as an abomination.
> The eCos docs are quiet on the subject, as is the code in
> ramfs and jffs2.
> Should they work? Does anybody use them?

Before we discuss it further, where/how do you think you will use directory hardlinking, if it were available for normal user?

Sandeep


      

             reply	other threads:[~2009-05-20 14:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-05-20 14:21 sandeep [this message]
2009-05-20 14:47 ` Ross Younger
2009-05-20 16:00 ` Rutger Hofman
2009-05-20 16:35   ` Nick Garnett
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-05-20 12:28 Ross Younger
2009-05-20 13:45 ` Bart Veer
2009-05-20 13:52   ` Gary Thomas
2009-05-20 14:42     ` Ross Younger
2009-05-20 16:56   ` Jonathan Larmour

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