Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 4 Aug 2003 15:22:26 +0200 | From | Stephan von Krawczynski <> | Subject | Re: FS: hardlinks on directories |
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On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 14:45:58 +0200 mru@users.sourceforge.net (Måns Rullgård) wrote:
> Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com> writes: > > > although it is very likely I am entering (again :-) an ancient > > discussion I would like to ask why hardlinks on directories are not > > allowed/no supported fs action these days. I can't think of a good > > reason for this, but can think of many good reasons why one would > > like to have such a function, amongst those: > > I don't know the exact reasons it isn't allowed, but you can always > use "mount --bind" to get a similar effect.
I guess this is not really an option if talking about hundreds or thousands of "links", is it?
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