Al Viro's comment is about the long-standing ban in *nix systems on multiple hard-links to directories. A ban which, incidentally, Apple has lifted with its "Time Machine" feature in the latest OS X 10.5 "Leopard" release.
Will the lifting of this ban spell doom for OS X? There are reports of "Leopard" already being problematic in several areas...
Directory hard-links
Al Viro's comment is about the long-standing ban in *nix systems on multiple hard-links to directories. A ban which, incidentally, Apple has lifted with its "Time Machine" feature in the latest OS X 10.5 "Leopard" release.
Will the lifting of this ban spell doom for OS X? There are reports of "Leopard" already being problematic in several areas...
I think it might be Apple
I think it might be Apple magic, ln(1) will not allow hard links to directories.
I don't have TimeMachine running so I haven't anaysed it as yet.
But isn't those managed
But isn't those managed under very strict rules? I think the problem is on general work with multiple hardlinks.