Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Aug 2000 20:27:02 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: NTFS-like streams? |
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On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, James Sutherland wrote:
> > OK, NTFS is claimed to support links. I bet that they apply to the > > whole bunch of forks/whatever, not to the individual components. > > rename() will do...? > > The same problem comes up if you treat the files as directories. Or > mountpoints.
Umm... Not really. You have _one_ object and you can't split it up. man rename and search for EXDEV - you can't rename accross fs boundary.
> > Welcome to fun with rename() that happens to split them (and that will > > be any rename in your variant). > > We'll have to split them in plenty of cases anyway. Better to regard them
Such as?
> as distinct from the outset wherever possible.
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