>
> Matthias Urlichs writes:
> > Edgar Toernig <froese@gmx.de> writes:
> >>
> >> If you allow directory hardlinks (or loopback mounts) you get
> >> a completely different structure: a directed graph with all
> >> it's problems (like rings).
>
> Traditional UNIX allows this and many other things.
> (I'd love read() access on directories)
>
> > Loopback mounts are comparatively easy because, while some things
> > appear in different places, they're on a different file system,
> > so there's no danger of accidentally crating cycles.
> >
> > The idea of hardlinked directories is fun to think about,
> > but it's hairy. _Very_ hairy. My opinion: Don't Go There.
>
> So we add an online garbage cleaner to kill disconnected loops.
> Not pretty, but it works. The cleaner can get other jobs too,
> like defragmentation and directory compaction.
>
> Any other problems?
<flame>
Just one: getting your sorry ass to *write* the things you are
proposing.
</flame>
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