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From: kris@schulung.netuse.de (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kristian_K=F6hntopp?=)
Subject: Re: Ideal filesystem
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rhys@vortex.cc.missouri.edu (Justin "Rhys Thuryn" McNutt) writes:
>I agree.  Besides, when someone does an ln, a new inode should be used 
>containing information about the link.  The original file nor the 
>original inode should be touched at all 

They aren't. Hard links are a directory only thing. A file
always has one and only one inode. Get your Bach and read it
again.

Kristian
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