Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: what is our answer to ZFS? | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:19:39 +0000 |
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On Maw, 2005-11-22 at 10:17 -0600, Chris Adams wrote: > That assumption is probably made because that's what POSIX and Single > Unix Specification define: "The st_ino and st_dev fields taken together > uniquely identify the file within the system." Don't blame code that > follows standards for breaking.
It was a nice try but there is a giant gotcha most people forget. Its only safe to make this assumption while you have all of the files/directories in question open.
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