Re: ln and -F

[tedu <grendel@zeitbombe.org>]

On 21 Jul 2002, Artur Grabowski wrote:

> Ever heard about "special case"?
>
> Just read sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_lookup.c

OK, Art.  Here's another question, excuse the ignorance.  What about
atomic renames of directories?  Trying to preserve that while banning hard
linked dirs looks more complicated.  Maybe the best solution is just
removing it from ln -F.

People will still be able to cause trouble with fsdb.  And perhaps there
is some deranged app that wants hard links.  You'd be breaking
compatibility with every other UNIX OS.


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