From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9383 invoked by alias); 20 May 2009 12:28:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 9372 invoked by uid 22791); 20 May 2009 12:28:38 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from hagrid.ecoscentric.com (HELO mail.ecoscentric.com) (212.13.207.197) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 20 May 2009 12:28:29 +0000 Received: from localhost (hagrid.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ecoscentric.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA79060B8007 for ; Wed, 20 May 2009 13:28:27 +0100 (BST) Received: from mail.ecoscentric.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hagrid.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 7V163Q9ZwXG3; Wed, 20 May 2009 13:28:26 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4A13F762.4050006@ecoscentric.com> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 12:28:00 -0000 From: Ross Younger User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090318) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "ecos-devel@ecos.sourceware.org" Subject: Should hard links to directories work? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact ecos-devel-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-devel-owner@ecos.sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-05/txt/msg00042.txt.bz2 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? (By the way: I started this discussion with a bugzilla ticket, which as Andrew points out is probably the wrong place. http://bugzilla.ecoscentric.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1000775 ) Ross -- Embedded Software Engineer, eCosCentric Limited. Barnwell House, Barnwell Drive, Cambridge CB5 8UU, UK. Registered in England no. 4422071. www.ecoscentric.com