Frank van Maarseveen <F.vanMaarseveen@inter.NL.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 03:07:06PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > >
> > > If it has the same inode number lots of other stuff breaks so I fear it doesnt
> >
> > Ehh.. The "lots of stuff breaks" is, I assume, basically again just "tar".
> > Nothing else really ever tends to care about inode numbers.
> cp checks the inode number to make sure src and dst aren't the same
> diff checks the inode number likewise
> cmp checks the inode number likewise
How often do you copy a file onto its resource fork or vice-versa?
How often do you compare a file to its resource fork?
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