Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:00:18 +0100 (CET) | From | Mikulas Patocka <> | Subject | Re: Finding hardlinks |
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>> If user (or script) doesn't specify that flag, it doesn't help. I think >> the best solution for these filesystems would be either to add new syscall >> int is_hardlink(char *filename1, char *filename2) >> (but I know adding syscall bloat may be objectionable) > > it's also the wrong api; the filenames may have been changed under you > just as you return from this call, so it really is a > "was_hardlink_at_some_point()" as you specify it. > If you make it work on fd's.. it has a chance at least.
Yes, but it doesn't matter --- if the tree changes under "cp -a" command, no one guarantees you what you get. int fis_hardlink(int handle1, int handle 2); Is another possibility but it can't detect hardlinked symlinks.
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