From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271743AbTHDNpE (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2003 09:45:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271747AbTHDNpE (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2003 09:45:04 -0400 Received: from mail3.ithnet.com ([217.64.64.7]:6329 "HELO heather-ng.ithnet.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S271743AbTHDNo7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2003 09:44:59 -0400 X-Sender-Authentification: SMTPafterPOP by from 217.64.64.14 Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 15:44:56 +0200 From: Stephan von Krawczynski To: Christian Reichert Cc: mru@users.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FS: hardlinks on directories Message-Id: <20030804154456.4ce45410.skraw@ithnet.com> In-Reply-To: <1060004221.3f2e617d72d4f@corporate.resolution.de> References: <20030804141548.5060b9db.skraw@ithnet.com> <20030804152226.60204b61.skraw@ithnet.com> <1060004221.3f2e617d72d4f@corporate.resolution.de> Organization: ith Kommunikationstechnik GmbH X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 15:37:01 +0200 Christian Reichert wrote: > Hi ! > > the fundamental problem as i know it is that the FS design in unix is based > on a directory TREE structure - however if you implement hard links for > directories you are breaking this strict treeu structure and can end up with > loops/graphs. This is just the same with softlinks, or not? > (What are the cases where a symlink wouldn't be enough ?) fs export via nfs. It only works out if all your symlinked trees are completely visible to the client, so you have to open big wholes for no good reason at all ... Just as an example. Regards, Stephan